The State of Compliance We See In audits across care homes, the same gaps appear again and again: expired training records, generic handling plans, hoists that were serviced but never reviewed for suitability, and paperwork that names nobody. This checklist covers what a compliant home can show on demand. The Checklist 1. Policy Current M&H […]
More Than a Checklist A Moving and Handling assessment done properly is a clinical assessment. It evaluates the person, the task, the environment, and the equipment, then produces a legally defensible plan that keeps both the service user and the carer safe. When the assessor is a physiotherapist, you also get clinical reasoning behind every […]
Why Councils Outsource Moving & Handling Over 17 UK local authorities currently lack in-house Moving and Handling (M&H) capability. When an authority does not employ a specialist practitioner, statutory duties under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 (MHOR) still apply. Outsourcing to an independent, physiotherapy-led provider […]