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| 20 July 2006 | H&S Officer Update - Stab Vests
Could any UNISON member who has any concerns refering to Health and Safety, that has not been resolved at local level please let me know?
We as union activists can only pursue problems that have been actively brought to our attention, we cannot repr.... |
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| 9 June 2006 | Radio Talk-Through
You may have noticed that the so called \'talk-through\' facility has been turned-off so that crews can not hear one another on the radio recently.
The Branch is advised by Sue Skelton, EPCC Management, that this is due to a fault with the radio sys.... |
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| 21 March 2005 | Single Responder Safety Policy - UNISON Circular
Please download a copy of this circular here:
>>UNISON Circular - Single Responder Safety Policy - 21st March 2005
Single Responder Safety Policy.
Dear colleagues
Members of staff who work as Single Responders on the Rapid Response Unit, either on s.... |
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| 19 December 2004 | Chrome Chair - Urgent Hazard Notice
Please find a copy of a recent Hazard notice issued by the SAST's Health & Safety Department regarding certain Chrome Chairs.
You can download a copy of the notice here:
>>SAST Chrome Chair Hazard Notice - December 2004
01 December 2004
To All Local.... |
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| 15 November 2004 | Safety Fears Over New JAKAB Vehicles Not Proven
Please find the following excerpt from the Sussex Ambulance TRANSFORM weekly briefing sheet:
Late delivered Jakab Ambulances – quality issues
We have received allegations from a potential competitor of Jakab that the current supply of ambulances are.... |
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| 22 September 2004 | Violent & Agressive Incident Reporting Campaign
Please download a copy of the Campaign Poster.
>>Violent & Agressive Incident Reporting Campaign
Violent & Aggressive Incident Reporting Campaign
In a bid to prepare a case for the introduction of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in Sussex Ambulan.... |
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| 15 August 2004 | Paramedics Have Most Stressful Job in UK
A recent news article on UNISON's national website details that Paramedics and Social Workers have the most stressful jobs in the UK.
For more information please visit the UNISON national website page:
>>Health & Safety Zone - UNISON News - Paramedi.... |
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| 25 July 2004 | July Update - Thank you!
A number of points for July:
a)To all active Health and Safety reps, thank you for your often unrecognised hard work (you know who you are or aren't!)
b)To all the less active reps, please get involved, get on a training course, Jamie Cooke or mysel.... |
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| 28 May 2004 | Central Health & Safety Committee Update
High Visibility Jackets
Following the CHSC meeting yesterday, I can confirm that the Summer issue Hi-Vis 'RTA' Jackets will be with us in 3-4 weeks.
Manual-Handling
Today the service has ordered enough MANGAR ELK lifting cushions to be able to equip.... |
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| 1 April 2004 | Entonox Bottle Shrader Tool - Safety Hazard
All staff who use the new plastic tool to release the Schrader valve on the Entonox bottles, please be aware that two hands are required for this process, failure to do so could result in the metal part of the tubing hitting them in the face/body du.... |
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| 22 March 2004 | Power Washers - H&S Update
Following a risk assessment carried out by Andy Collen (H&S Rep at Haywards Heath) would staff please make sure that when using power washers on stations that they wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). This means goggles, gloves and your waterpr.... |
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| 13 March 2004 | UNISON Branch Update
Following the rejection of the Pay Offer last October, the recognized Trades Unions have been involved in negotiations with SAST Management about pay and associated terms and conditions of employment.
Since last October the following have been achie.... |
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| 17 February 2004 | Attention All H&S Representatives
All Staff & Health and Safety Representatives
If you have any outstanding problems, grievances, accidents that need investigating, please get in touch. Email: Phil.Coles@sussexambulanceunison.org.uk
If any staff group are not fully represented pleas.... |
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| 3 February 2004 | Pathways to Retirment for Ambulance Employees
PATHWAYS TO RETIREMENT
The primary function of this document is to create a series of options for staff who may be nearing retirement age, or have 20 years service within the Ambulance Service.
This year the Government have initiated a review of Publ.... |
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| 1 February 2004 | PPE - Personal Issue Helmets
Following a meeting at Unison in Brighton on Friday the SAST branch has decided to, for the purpose of, European Safety Week, to peruse the purchase of personal issue helmets (PPE).
As some of you realise, for me this has been long standing problem;.... |
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| 8 January 2004 | Late Meal Breaksrequiring VOR - Results of Survey
Thanks to all members of staff for your participation in the VOR/LMB survey through November 2003.
We have been able to identify, across the county, 475 full VOR-LMBs.
I presented these figures at the Risk Management Committee in December and agreed.... |
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| 8 January 2004 | Accident/Incident (SAS 104) Reporting Forms Update
Please find below link where you can download the News Guidance on the use of the Accident/Incident Reporting Form (SAS104).
>>SAST Information Circular - Amendment to Guidance Notes on SAS104 - 17th December
In particular please note the guidance s.... |
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| 4 December 2003 | Late Meal Breaks Survey - Results Out Soon
Thank you to all the stations that took part in the VOR/LMB survey. The results will be presented to management on Friday 5/12/03.
So far the results are interesting, I will let you have them as soon as I can
Phil Coles.... |
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| 29 November 2003 | OFTEL GUIDANCE ON RECORDING OF PHONE CONVERSATIONS
Image:http://www.freeimages.co.ukThe article below is from the OFTEL Website and related to the recording of telephone conversations. Certain paragraphs do not apply if the licensee is an Emergency Organisation, but these guidelines do appear to now.... |
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| 23 November 2003 | UPHELD - NURSEs COMPENSATION FOR BACK INJURY
Thanks to UNISONs National Website for this article:
UPHELD – NURSE’S COMPENSATION
An NHS Trust’s appeal against £400,000 compensation for a nurse whose career was ended by a crippling back injury has failed. Angela Knott won the award when it was f.... |
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| 23 November 2003 | Health & Safety Reps Pack and Credentials
New UNISON safety reps are now sent their: accreditation letter, I.D. card, and safety reps pack of useful materials direct from their regional office. Branches must therefore notify their regional office of new appointments. The region will then al.... |
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| 2 November 2003 | Late Meal Breaks (LMB) requiring VOR
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I wrote to all A&E Ambulance/RRCU staff on the 21st October 2003 about LMB/VOR's. In this letter was a form included for the purpose of recording Late Meal Breaks that are two hours or more late and that require the.... |
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| 28 October 2003 | Winter FLU Jab
I would like to remind Sussex Ambulance Staff that if they approach their GP's, they should be able to get a flu jab, free of charge.
Presently I am unsure what, if anything Occupational Health are doing about this, but in years past they have not.... |
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| 16 October 2003 | Update from Branch Health & Safety Officer
1)Due to continued representations from staff and officers I will yet again be taking the issue of personal issue helmets to the central health and safety committee. Could all reps find out the numbers of staff who are interested, and contact me AS.... |
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| 25 September 2003 | Phil Coles becomes branch Health & Safety Officer
Phil Coles from Worthing Ambulance Station has taken over from Tim Gorringe as Health and Safety Officer for the branch.
Phil has been acting-up in this position for 6 months and since Tim was told of the extension to his secondment in the Health &.... |
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| 7 September 2003 | First Responder Training
First Responder Training should now be available from your CTLs.
Initially Technician's will be trained first.
If you are interested in First Responding in Cars or 4x4s then contact your CTL to enrol on the next course..... |
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| 18 July 2003 | Cars & 4x4s - SAST Policy
As a result of queries made by members the branch wrote to Trevor Anderson and recieved a reply from Richard Field regarding the use of Cars and 4x4s by A&E staff when responding to emergency calls.
The reply states that:
- All A&E staff can respond.... |
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| 16 July 2003 | Ongoing Management of Health & Safety Issues
Unison Health and Safety Representatives urge and assist Trust Management to provide you with the safest working environment.
This means that where policies are in place that it is important to follow them. For example:- we must carry on trying.... |
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| 16 July 2003 | Health & Safety At Work Act 1974 - A Duty for All
HASAWA1974 - Health and Safety at Work Act
States that it is the duty of employers to ensure the safety, health and welfare of their employees. (see Section 2)
This is the employer's legal obligation.
However it is important to remember that:
It is t.... |
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| 16 July 2003 | Stress at Work
Stress
Stress can result wherever the demands of the job do not match the resources made available to the individual to do it, or where people have no control over what they do, or who and when they do it. When stress levels are constant, they can be.... |
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| 16 July 2003 | RSI - Repetitive Strain Injuries
RSI (Repetitive-Strain Injury) and WRULDS – Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders
Wide range of injuries to muscles, tendons and nerves of upper limbs including tendonitis, epicondylitis, cellulites, etc., can lead to RSI or WRULDs. Your safety rep shoul.... |
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| 16 July 2003 | Women's Health & Safety
Women’s Health and Safety
72% of Unison members are women, with many working part-time or doing several part-time jobs. Some jobs mean women are exposed to harmful chemicals, including solvents, which may affect fertility and pregnancy, and increasin.... |
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| 8 July 2003 | Health and Safety - Activists Zone
Everyone should be able to go to work without having their health damaged or made worse. Yet every year, around two and a half million people are made ill because of work.
This is a huge number. Around half of these people are in pain because of inju.... |
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| 6 July 2003 | Workplace Safety
Talking about safety, in a fire you would be trapped in here. Keeping fire exits clear is key to safety at work..... |
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