Why is it is important get involved in World Restart a Heart Day?
As we approach World Restart a Heart Day on the 16th October 2019. The British Heart Foundation has published figures showing that around 30,000 people will have an out-of-hospital heart attack, and therefore will be reliant on the public to assist them until they receive help from the emergency services. It could come as a […]
Read MoreAmalgamate are supporting World Restart A Heart Day!
What will we be doing? Going back to school We are super excited to be taking part in World Restart a Heart Day this year and have booked in as many sessions as we can handle. This week Amalgamate are going back school at Saint Matthews Academy in Saltcoats and St Benedict’s Roman Catholic […]
Read MoreLegal Update: September 2019
It is no surprise that Brexit and its potential impact on the UK and it is understandable then that the health and safety changes coming our way in 2019 are being shaped by these events. We take a look at the current and recent legal updates in the UK H&S world. Health and Safety (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 […]
Read MoreThe Main Causes of Workplace Fatalities During 2018/19
Following on from the HSE’s recently published annual figures for work-related fatal injuries during 2018/19 it is hugely concerning that in this day and age a total of 147 people were killed going to at work. This is an increase on the previous year. We thought it was appropriate to highlight the main causes of […]
Read MoreTackling Absence Through Health and Wellbeing Strategies
In 2017 an estimated 131.2 million working days were lost due to sickness or injury in the UK. That works out to be the equivalent of 4.1 days per worker. The most common reason for workplace absence was minor illnesses, like coughs and colds, which accounted for around 34.3 million days lost. This was followed […]
Read MoreBeginner’s Guide to H & S for Lone Workers
What is the law regarding lone workers? Apart from in specific industries where supervision is a requirement, such as work involving vehicles carrying explosives, fumigation work, and diving operations, there are no specific laws preventing lone working. Employers do, however, have special obligations to look after the health and safety of lone workers, whether these […]
Read MoreBecoming a Trained First Aider with Amalgamate
Day 1 Staring out the window at the beautiful Scottish countryside on the train to go down to Ayrshire, I was really looking forward to the next three days and my First Aid at Work course. Since starting work at Amalgamate I had realised how little I knew about first aid. Writing articles for our […]
Read MoreBeginner’s Guide to H & S for New and Expectant Mothers
In some workplaces, there are risks that may specifically affect the health and safety of new and expectant mothers and of their baby, and so there are special laws that employers must abide by to protect them. Different working conditions, processes or substances may pose a particular risk to new and expectant mothers, and these […]
Read MoreBeginner’s Guide to Risk Assessments
What do you need to do? In the UK all companies are required by law to carry out a general risk assessment and to have a written copy of this if you have more than five employees. You then need to do specific risk assessments for vulnerable workers, like young people and new and expectant […]
Read MoreImproving Productivity by Investing in Wellbeing
Productivity in the UK ONS statistics in 2018 showed that ‘UK workers are taking the lowest number of sick-days on record’. At the same time the ONS estimated that labour productivity, the amount of output produced per hour worked or per worker, had ‘fallen by 0.4 per cent in the first three months of 2018’. […]
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