Welcome to Health & Safety
Edinburgh Napier University is committed to ensuring the health and safety of staff, students, visitors and contractors by taking all reasonable steps to provide and maintain safe working conditions, equipment and systems of work.
**As COVID-19 is a new and evolving risk and Public Health and the government are continually reviewing and updating COVID-19 measures and guidance, it is important to also continually review/assess all school/service risk assessments, to ensure that all the COVID-19 risks have been fully assessed and that all required additional control measures and PPE are suitable and sufficient and that the University is in full compliance with the current Public Health and government advice/guidelines at all times. All Covid-19 health and safety guidance has and will be reviewed and updated as required and the current editions will now be posted on the Health & Safety Website.**
Other useful links:
NHS
NHS Inform - COVID-19 guidance
Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
HSE - Coronavirus (COVID-19) : latest information and advice
HSE - Working Safely during the coronavirus outbreak - a short guide
HSE - Talking with your workers about preventing coronavirus
HSE- guidance on first aid cover and training
HSE - arrangements for driver welfare and hours of work during coronavirus
HSE - Choosing hand sanitisers and surface disinfectants to use during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Health Protection Scotland
Health Protection Scotland - Guidance for non-healthcare settings
Scottish Government
Scottish Government - Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
Scottish Government - public use of face coverings
Scottish Government - guidance for universities
Scottish Government - guidance for laboratories and research facilities
Other
Universities UK - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Dept of Education/Public Health - Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on isolation for residential educational settings
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Edinburgh Napier has secured The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Order of Distinction Award for 17 consecutive Gold Awards. The award for Occupational Health and Safety recognises consistently high standards in the management of Occupational Health and Safety within the University. In order to enter the award category the Health & Safety Team had to submit a detailed portfolio of all of our management systems in Occupational Health and Safety, which RoSPA then evaluated.
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Find your way round the Health & Safety website - use the menu on the left to access each section
Health and safety information booklets available to download
Contact details for the Health and Safety Team
Details of Health & Safety training events and how to register
What to do in the event of fire or emergency
Health and safety forms and checklist templates
Guidance section covering many different health and safety issues
Information on policies and procedures
The main functions of the Health & Safety Team
~ to provide information, training and advice on all aspects of health, safety, welfare and the environment as it affects the University staff, students, visitors and contractors in order to ensure that standards of health, safety and welfare within the University comply with the requirements of all relevant legislation, codes of practice, guidance notes etc. and the University Health and Safety Policy and Procedures.
~ to develop, implement and monitor fire precautions and procedures throughout the University.
~ to develop, implement and monitor the management of health, safety, fire and workplace policies and procedures throughout the University.