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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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