Clearview Midlands October 2013 - Issue 143 | Page 14

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FIRST AID GUIDANCE AND
REGULATION CHANGES
From 1st October 2013, the Health and Safety (First Aid)
Regulations 1981 will be amended, to remove the requirement for
HSE to approve first aid training and qualifications.
The changes are part of HSE’s work to make it easier for businesses
and other users to understand how to comply with health and safety
law, whilst maintaining standards. They apply to businesses of all sizes
and from all sectors. Andy McGrory, HSE’s policy lead for First Aid,
said: “From October, HSE will no longer approve first-aid training and
qualifications. The guidance documents clarify what the law requires
and provide practical help to businesses in assessing and understanding
their first aid needs. Where a first aider is required, the guidance
documents make it clear that the employer is free to select a training
provider who is best suited to those needs.

“We have taken onboard comments and suggestions that we have
received through our public consultations on the changes and from
extended stakeholder discussions and business input to ensure the
guidance provides everything an employer will need to manage their
first aid requirements.”
The legal requirement for employers to ensure they make adequate
provision for first aid, in accordance with their first aid needs
assessment, will remain unchanged.
‘The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981’, ‘Regulations
and Guidance (L74)’ and ‘Selecting a first-aid training provider
(GEIS3)’ are now available on the HSE website.
www.hse.gov.uk

ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Business Micros has recorded
another impressive year of
trading, with a further increase
in its customer base and a
marked increase in the number
of customers choosing to rent
rather than buy its software.
Graeme Bailey, Managing
Director of Business Micros, says
that the Company’s performance
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