Reading List

The sources below are official guidance where possible. This course uses Great Britain HSE guidance as the main health and safety framework, with HSENI signposting for Northern Ireland and care-regulation links for each nation where relevant.

Violence, aggression, and personal safety

• HSE: Violence in health and social care - overview
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/violence/overview.htm
  Explains why violence and aggression in health and social care require active management and why under-reporting occurs.
• HSE: Managing the risk of violence and aggression
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/violence/do.htm
  Practical guidance on assessing and controlling risks, including lone working, training, incident history, and reporting.
• HSE: Advice for workers on violence in the workplace
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/worker/index.htm
  Worker-facing information on responsibilities, raising concerns, and employer duties regarding work-related violence.
• HSE: Reporting and learning from incidents
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/violence/employer/reporting-learning-from-incidents.htm
  Guidance linking incident reporting with organisational learning to help prevent repeat violence and aggression.

Lone working and emergency support

• HSE: Lone workers - your health and safety
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/lone-working/worker/index.htm
  Explains what lone working means, what employers should do, and how workers can raise concerns.
• HSE: Lone working - how employers should protect workers
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/lone-working/employer/
  Employer guidance on assessing lone-working risks, supervision, training, keeping in touch, and emergency arrangements.
• HSE: Protecting lone workers - INDG73
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg73.htm
  A concise leaflet on managing lone-working risks, useful when reviewing check-ins, alarms, supervision, and task suitability.
• HSENI: Report an incident
  https://www.hseni.gov.uk/report-incident
  Northern Ireland guidance on RIDDOR reporting and raising workplace safety concerns; reporting rules differ from Great Britain.

Sharps, injuries, and reporting

• HSE: Needlestick or sharps injuries in health and social care - overview
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/needlesticks/overview.htm
  Describes sharps risks, blood-borne virus concerns, and immediate first aid after a potential contamination.
• HSE: Managing the risk of needlestick or sharps injuries
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/healthservices/needlesticks/actions.htm
  Guidance on training, safer working practices and equipment, and reporting considerations in health and social care.
• CQC: Handling sharps in adult social care
  https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-providers/adult-social-care/handling-sharps-adult-social-care
  England-specific guidance on assessing sharps risk and protecting people receiving care and care staff.
• HSE: Types of reportable incidents under RIDDOR
  https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/types-of-reportable-incidents.htm
  Explains which work-related injuries, diseases, dangerous occurrences, and deaths must be reported in Great Britain.
• HSENI: Reporting injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences in health and social care
  https://www.hseni.gov.uk/articles/reporting-injuries-diseases-and-dangerous-occurrences-health-and-social-care
  Northern Ireland guidance on reporting in health and social care, including differences from Great Britain RIDDOR arrangements.

Care regulation and four-nations context

• CQC: Regulation 18 - Staffing
  https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-regulation/providers/regulations-service-providers-and-managers/health-social-care-act/regulation-18
  England regulation requiring sufficient suitably qualified, competent and experienced staff, with appropriate support, training, supervision and appraisal.
• CQC: Regulation 17 - Good governance
  https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-regulation/providers/regulations-service-providers-and-managers/health-social-care-act/regulation-17
  England guidance on governance relevant to assessing, monitoring and improving service quality and safety, including records and learning from incidents.
• Care Inspectorate Wales
  https://www.careinspectorate.wales/
  Welsh regulator signposting. Providers in Wales should follow CIW requirements alongside UK health and safety duties.
• Care Inspectorate Scotland
  https://www.careinspectorate.com/
  Scottish regulator signposting. Providers in Scotland should follow Care Inspectorate expectations and local arrangements.
• RQIA Northern Ireland
  https://www.rqia.org.uk/
  Northern Ireland regulator signposting for health and social care services, alongside HSENI workplace health and safety requirements.