First Aid at Work Regulations

Employers have a legal duty to make suitable arrangements to ensure their employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work.

The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 sets out the essential aspects of first aid that employers have to address. These Regulations apply to all workplaces, including those with fewer than five employees.

The Regulations require you to provide 'adequate and appropriate' first-aid equipment, facilities, and people so your employees can be given immediate help if they are injured or taken ill at work.

'Adequate and appropriate' is dependent on your workplace circumstances and should be defined by your first aid needs assessment. The minimum first-aid provision in any workplace is: a suitably stocked first-aid kit; an appointed person to take charge of first-aid arrangements; information for employees about first-aid arrangements.

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 state that:

"An employer shall provide, or ensure that there are provided, such equipment and facilities as are adequate and appropriate in the circumstances for enabling first aid to be rendered to his employees if they are injured or become ill at work".

First-Aid Provision

The HSE has a free to download guidance on The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981. This guidance is for first aid at work employers. It sets out what you need to do to address first-aid provision in the workplace.

It provides guidance on:

Managing the provision of first aid (first-aid kit, equipment, rooms, etc); requirements and training for first aiders
Requirements for appointed persons
Making employees aware of first-aid arrangements
First-aid and the self-employed
Cases where first-aid regulations do not apply

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The British Standard BS8599-1:2019 workplace first aid kits include a list of specifications and recommendations of the appropriate first aid supplies and consumables for a UK-based workplace.

Adhering to these regulations, we have compiled a range of first aid kits.

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First Aiders

The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 states: "Where an employer provides first aiders in the workplace, they should ensure they have undertaken suitable training, have an appropriate first aid qualification and remain competent to perform their role."

Typically, first aiders will hold a valid certificate of competence in either first at work (FAW) or emergency first aid at work (EFAW).

EFAW training enables a first aider to give emergency treatment to someone who is injured or becomes ill at work.

FAW training including EFAW also equips the first aider to a range of specific injuries and illness, which is listed in the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981 guidance brochure.

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At Arco, we have a comprehensive range of first aid products that are compliant to the standards and offer different configurations and sizes to meet the needs of varying environments, risk levels and number of people exposed to those risks.

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Code:55G1301

£24.00

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Reliance Medical Motokit Aura Large British-Standard Vehicle First Aid Kit

Code:55G8200

£47.99

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Reliance Medical Scandi British-Standard Critical Injury Pack

Code:4F3012

£309.60

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Code:55G0701

£1,670.40

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Code:55G0082

£422.40

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Code:56C8040

£1,118.40

Roll | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Burns Kit in Compact Aura Box Size One Size

Code:55G7100

£20.15

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Reliance Medical Aura Biohazard Sharps Disposal and Body Fluid Spill Kit

Code:55G9600

£52.14

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Emergency eye wash panel with mirror complete Generic dimension One Size

Code:55G1801

£50.39

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

FirstAid inTheEvent of 200mmx300mm 12046

Code:55A1863

£11.75

Each | Ex VAT Inc VAT

Sources and Useful References

First Aid at Work. The Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981

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