That'll be a major part of it. It's irresponsible neglect. Care companies can face massive fines and lose contracts if basic safety checks aren't adhered to.
But no Health and Safety prosecution yet for failing to control MRSA etc
MRSA? As in NHS hospitals? As in not private care companies regulated by CSCI?
I don't think MRSA is aware of the management of the facilities that it chooses to frequent.
MRSA is a substance hazardous to health - as in COSHH. Failure to control substances hazardous to health is a criminal offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
That'll be a major part of it. It's irresponsible neglect. Care companies can face massive fines and lose contracts if basic safety checks aren't adhered to.
But no Health and Safety prosecution yet for failing to control MRSA etc
MRSA? As in NHS hospitals? As in not private care companies regulated by CSCI?
I don't think MRSA is aware of the management of the facilities that it chooses to frequent.
MRSA is a substance hazardous to health - as in COSHH. Failure to control substances hazardous to health is a criminal offence under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The residents may well have escaped without injury, but the building may well still have burned to the ground.
Which is fine - they got out. If your martyr wasn't actually doing the checks, people's chances of getting out alive may have been reduced.
She's not my martyr !
Reminds me of the day my father died in the nursing home. As he went up, he hit the fire alarm and the whole place was in the carpark in the rain - all except him !
I don't understand your logic Jimmie.
Fire escapes are there for staff and residents alike to leave the building and esacpe harm. If they're well maintained and kept clear they can be used. If they're not then they will be hazardous and could threaten health and life.
How do you know they're safe? By checking them.
What if there's a small fire in the kitchen? Say some hot oil. But the fire extinguisher hasn't been checked. It's either the wrong one or doesn't work. Again, this can be dangerous. How can it be avoided? By checking it.
And yes, I don't actually run a home just yet but plan to in the ear future and when I do all of my staff will be trained in fire safety. The same as all care staff should be.
Someone mentioned 'irresonsible neglect' and 'fines' - for failing to fill in a checklist, and I pointed out that no-one had yet been prosecuted for killing people with MRSA
Someone mentioned 'irresonsible neglect' and 'fines' - for failing to fill in a checklist, and I pointed out that no-one had yet been prosecuted for killing people with MRSA
Nor for lots of other things - with such knee-jerk reactions and non sequiteurs, maybe you could get a job at the Daily Mail.
I don't understand your logic Jimmie.
Fire escapes are there for staff and residents alike to leave the building and esacpe harm. If they're well maintained and kept clear they can be used. If they're not then they will be hazardous and could threaten health and life.
How do you know they're safe? By checking them.
What if there's a small fire in the kitchen? Say some hot oil. But the fire extinguisher hasn't been checked. It's either the wrong one or doesn't work. Again, this can be dangerous. How can it be avoided? By checking it.
And yes, I don't actually run a home just yet but plan to in the ear future and when I do all of my staff will be trained in fire safety. The same as all care staff should be.
Sorry ProPlus, I totally agree. I'm not having a go. I just dislike this assumption that just because it's been crossed off on a checklist, everything will be fine.
Completed checklists are only useful for covering managements' fat arses
