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Level 4 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Evaluating health and safety effectiveness

HSC404 · Principles of Health and Safety for Health Professions — Week 10 of 16

CourseHSC404
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Evaluating health and safety effectiveness

  1. Safety audit methodologies
  2. Near-miss and incident trend analysis
  3. Evaluating workplace safety culture
  4. NSW Health Incident Analysis
  5. Safety Culture: what can the post-COVID world learn from high-risk industries? | LSE Festival

What you will be able to do

  • 4.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of health and safety practice, policies and procedures in the work setting.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the effectiveness of health and safety practice, policies and procedures in the work setting.

Study materials

Videos

  • NSW Health Incident Analysis · YouTube · Clinical Excellence Commission · 15 min · for registered students
  • Safety Culture: what can the post-COVID world learn from high-risk industries? | LSE Festival · YouTube · LSE · 9 min · for registered students
  • Serious adverse event review methodologies explainer video · YouTube · Clinical Excellence Commission · 4 min · for registered students
  • What Is a Culture of Safety? · YouTube · IHI Open School · 2 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Leading health and safety at work (HSE/IoD, INDG417) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • A promise to learn – a commitment to act (Berwick review into patient safety, 2013) · Reading · GOV.UK, report · for registered students
  • Health and safety in care homes (HSE, HSG220) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Legislative frameworks in care
  • Week 2: Organizational health and safety policies
  • Week 3: Supporting compliance and noncompliance outcomes
  • Week 4: Health and safety documentation
  • Week 5: Risk assessment typologies
  • Week 6: Conducting risk assessments
  • Week 7: Collaborative risk management and control
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Balanced approach to risk and review
  • Week 10: Evaluating health and safety effectiveness
  • Week 11: Continuous improvement and safety recommendations
  • Week 12: Applying Principles of Health and Safety for Health Profess…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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