Health & Safety

NMC revalidation needs 35 CPD hours every three years, at least 20 participatory. All eight requirements with the real figures, what participatory means, and where online learning honestly fits.

Dental nurses need 50 hours of verifiable CPD per five-year cycle, with at least 10 hours in any two years. What verifiable means, the PDP and annual statement, and which topics the GDC recommends.

No single certificate is required, but warehouse employers must train staff on starting, when risks change and in the equipment they use. The four laws behind it, why lift trucks differ, and refresher triggers.

A CSCS card is not a legal requirement, but CDM 2015 requires competence and a site induction. What the law actually says, where CSCS fits, and the training topics that matter most on site.

NHS trusts base mandatory training on the Core Skills Training Framework’s 11 subjects. What they are, why a certificate is not automatically accepted, and which subjects online learning can and cannot cover.

There is no statutory CPD hours figure for care workers in England. CQC Regulation 18 requires training ‘as is necessary’ for your role. How the Care Certificate fits, and why registered nurses face a different 35-hour rule.

The 1974 Act is the foundation of UK workplace health and safety law. What employers must do, the duties it places on employees, what reasonably practicable means, and how it is enforced.

There is no legal number of fire wardens; the Fire Safety Order requires enough competent people for your premises. The rules of thumb, what the role involves, and whether warden and marshal differ.

Moving and handling people is the largest single cause of injury in health and social care. What MHOR 1992 requires, which techniques are banned, and how person-specific assessment works.

A method statement sets out how a job will be done safely; with a risk assessment it forms RAMS. What goes in one, who writes it, and whether RAMS are a legal requirement.