First aid at work

The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. Guidance on Regulation

This guidance is for employers. It sets out what you need to do to address first-aid provision in the workplace.

It provides guidance on:

• managing the provision of first aid (first-aid kit, equipment, rooms etc)
• requirements and training for first-aiders
• requirements for appointed persons
• making employees aware of first-aid arrangements
• first aid and the self-employed
• cases where first-aid regulations do not apply

The third edition has been reissued with minor amendments to:

• further clarify the significance of the 2013 amendment to regulation 3(2), which ended HSE's approval of first-aid training providers
• update guidance on the use of automated external defibrillators, and blended learning in first-aid training
• incorporate some additional amendments to take account of other previous legislative changes