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Lifting and Manual Handling
It has been calculated that some 1.3 million working days are lost to the NHS each year because of back pain, and many nurses choose to leave the profession as a result of it. Royal College of Nursing guidelines now state that employers should ensure that nurses and other care staff avoid lifting patients manually in all but exceptional circumstances. The law which regulates this area is The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.
For more information, check our legislation section.
Westholme provides regular free training days giving an overview of their moving and handling range through a series of practical demonstrations and workshops.
This section on patient handling is divided into:
Hoisting systems ceiling track, mobile and
portable hoists
Standing and short transfer aids for
clients who are able to weight bear sufficiently
Small manual moving and handling aids
low tech, lower cost aids, for transfers and repositioning
Bariatric handling aids to caring for the heaviest clients
There are also more specialised lifting products to be found elsewhere
on the site:
Click here for bath lifts
Click here for car hoists
Have you read our feature on the Moving and Handling People exhibition? Click here
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