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Pembrokeshire Employers Engagement
Project - PEEP
Residential Care Homes Project 2017
Sam Hancock, Senior EHO, PCC
Paul Kloss, Principle Inspector, HSE
PEEP
• The primary aim has been, “to provide free guidance and fully
funded training on managing health and safety risks to small and
medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Pembrokeshire.”
• PEEP is now in its third year and has also been used as a model
template that has been repeated in other areas across South Wales
– SWEEP & BEEP.
• PEEP is a collaboration of government agencies, professional
bodies and industry.
• To date free training has been provided to over 240 businesses and
PEEP has reached over 4,000 employees including managers and
directors.
PEEP III – Care Sector
• The aim of PEEP III has been to,
“Promote and raise, health and safety standards in the
Care Sector in Pembrokeshire”.
• The care sector has been targeted because:
- There is a higher percentage of retired people in Pembrokeshire than in Wales as a whole
(21.8% of residents over 65) with care assistants and home carers being the second most
prevalent occupation in the County.
- Findings from inspections carried out in South East Wales during 2016 found
significant non –compliance on key health and safety hazards.
- Several significant preventable incidents in care home settings in the last 5 years.
Project Preparation & Scope
• All privately managed residential care homes and nursing homes were identified for inspection (NB small homes with less than 5 residents were specifically excluded from inspection initiative).
• 46 homes to be targeted for inspection:- 32 care homes – LA enforced- 14 nursing homes – HSE enforced
• To promote consistency in approach standardised documentation was devised: - Project Proforma- Project Plan
• All care homes received a letter prior to the project visit.
Results/Conclusions• Project focussed on:
- Lifting equipment safety; - Managing the risk of legionella; - Managing the risk of scalding; - Prevention of falls from height; - Management of bed rails.
• Visits are ongoing but to date 65% have been carried out.
• Enforcement was over 80% - which includes anything from a letter (or above) requiring action to be taken to comply with legislation.
• Action plans have been requested to demonstrate compliance and some revisits will be carried out.
Key issues 3 topic areas with greatest level of non-compliance:
Legionella
• No legionella risk assessment or schematic diagram;
• Legionella control measures being inconsistently implemented;
• Staff perceived that monitoring of scald temperatures was adequate to control the risks of
legionella.
Lifts
• Lifting equipment was serviced/tested/inspected but not always thoroughly examined;
• Management of non-disposal slings (LOLER thorough examination, maintenance, records).
Window restrictors
• Confusion as to when they are required and who to get advice from.
Underlying Causes
• An assumption that tasks are being done by others;
• A lack of training & understanding of how & why
things need to be done;
• Lack of competence & management arrangements at a
corporate level which means that errors & omissions are
not being identified or controlled.
Care home owners/managers need to:
• Know the risk;
• Know who deals with it;
• Have mechanisms to ensure controls are delivered and sustained;
• Keep up to date with new technology/product changes;
• Support staff to do a good job – making life easier and creating a
safe working environment in which people want to stay.