Health and safety for your practice
Learn the essentials of registering with the health and safety executive, and your obligations to protect people in your practice.
More about Health and safety for your practiceHealth, safety and risk assessment
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is the primary legislation covering occupational health and safety and the general responsibilities of employers and others either working at or visiting the workplace
Health, safety and risk assessment overview
Working in a dental practice, you should be able to identify where access barriers are, what could be a hazard and cause harm and whether adequate controls are in place. All staff and patients have a right to be protected from harm caused by a failure to implement reasonable control measures.
Health and safety premises requirements
Ensure your practice building complies with health and safety requirements.
More about Health and safety premises requirementsCreating a safe workplace
Learn about your obligations to staff to provide a safe working environment.
More about Creating a safe workplaceSafety requirements for substances and equipment
Understand the essential safety requirements for managing the substances and equipment that you require to provide care for your patients.
More about Safety requirements for substances and equipmentResponding to accidents and reporting requirements
Understand what actions you need to take if accidents or incidents occur in your dental practice.
More about Responding to accidents and reporting requirementsRisk assessments in dental practices
Guidance on completing and reviewing risk assessments in dental practices, including COSHH, fire safety, Legionella, manual handling, and other legal requirements.
More about Risk assessments in dental practicesMHRA guidance and medical devices in dental practice
Guidance for dental practices on the regulation of medical devices, including MHRA requirements, conformity standards, and your responsibilities.
More about MHRA guidance and medical devices in dental practiceHealthcare waste management in dental practices
Guidance on managing healthcare waste in dental practices, including waste classification, segregation, storage, transfer, and disposal requirements under HTM 07-01.
More about Healthcare waste management in dental practicesSharps and inoculation injury prevention and management
Guidance on preventing and managing sharps and inoculation injuries in dental practices, including risk assessments, occupational health support, reporting requirements and safer working practices.
More about Sharps and inoculation injury prevention and managementClinical audit and peer review
Clinical audit encourages individual GDPs to examine different aspects of their practice, whereas peer review provides an opportunity for groups of dentists to get together to reflect.
More about Clinical audit and peer reviewSignificant events
An overview of significant event analysis within the dental practice.
More about Significant eventsUsing dental amalgam in the UK
This advice provides information on the use of dental amalgam in the UK.
More about Using dental amalgam in the UKDisability discrimination - dentists as service providers
Advice on the steps you need to take to ensure your dental service is accessible, and assess whether you can implement the necessary changes or need to identify alternative arrangements.
More about Disability discrimination - dentists as service providersAdvice on guidance: Safe use of X-ray equipment 2nd edition
This advice gives an overview on the legislation affecting the use of X-ray equipment in the dental practice.
More about Advice on guidance: Safe use of X-ray equipment 2nd editionSafety precautions during out-of-hours care and domiciliary visits
Providing urgent care outside standard working hours or in a domiciliary setting comes with additional risks.
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