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LO3: Understand the monitoring and review of Health and Safety in the health and social care workplace.
 Monitoring and Reviewing Health and Safety Policies and Practices
In Health and Social Care setting, the legislation, policies and procedures are regulated, in order to achieve the best outcome for the service user and the service. Every sector would aim to provide the high quality of care and service, for the service users and the workers. To achieve the standard the services has to go through lots of process, for example implementing the legislation, policies and procedures in the work of practices. To ensure whether the services have followed the rules and regulations, there are organisations that go around and inspect the services. Organisations like Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Healthwatch England sets out the standards and inspects the services; required by the law to the setting like: residential homes, nursing homes, hospitals, GPs etc.
Care Quality Commission (CQC) main aim is to ensure “care services in England provide people with safe, effective, …show more content…
In the care service there should be someone in charge to monitor the practices, for example manager, team leader or senior carer to ensure right procedure is being carried out probably, e.g. moving and handling procedure good hygiene etc. Within the service, there should be a routine review for example, weekly fire drill, changing the hoist batteries, checking the fridge temperature every day, audit of medication etc, such basics reviews relates and promote health and safety policies in the service.
 Effectiveness of health and social policies and practices in the workplace in promoting a positive, healthy and safe