Health and Safety
Executive / Commission
Research reports
Aimed to establish the relevance of first aid in industry today
and how this may affect the scope and direction of future
regulation of first aid provision in the workplace. A questionnaire
survey to representative employers and others with a direct
interest in first aid provision in the workplace was used to obtain
basic information regarding employers awareness, level of
application and other views regarding the regulations. Interviews
were conducted with selected employers and others to obtain
detailed views and opinions. Found that although first aid
awareness and penetration in workplaces was good, compliance was
found to be more "in spirit" rather than the letter of
the regulations and this exposed some important deficiencies in the
format and content of guidance and in the proportionality of the
current regulatory requirements for lower risk employees.
Recommendations are made regarding the development of the
regulations and associated guidance and on the frequency and length
of first aid training.
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