Why first aid training?
The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 require all employers to put in place processes to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work. This includes carrying out a risk assessment, appointing a suitable amount of first aiders and providing appropriate first aid training. The regulations apply to all workplaces, regardless of size or number of staff.
You must ensure that where your needs assessment indicates you require first aiders, they receive training that will help them to learn the first aid skills they need, leaving them feeling confident that they could respond to an emergency.
First aid training matters
Non-fatal injuries to workers
According to self-reported estimates from the Labour Force Survey in 2017/18
Employee non-fatal injuries
Employee non-fatal injuries reported by employers under RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) in 2017/18
Workers killed at work
As reported by Health and Safety Executive Health and Safety at Work Summary statistics for Great Britain 2018
The Health and Safety Executive estimate the total cost of injuries and ill health to business was £15 billion in 2018.
Training your staff with essential first aid skills can help to save lives and prevent minor accidents and illnesses becoming more serious. Effective training can also save you time and money by reducing the cost of injuries and working days lost.
A training partner you can trust
All our first aid at work training courses are compliant with current HSE requirements, accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and delivered by highly qualified instructors.
Contact us to book a place on one of our scheduled courses or arrange a course at a time and place to suit you.
Our courses are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
