Dental Managers Health & Safety Induction

"A dental nurse who worked for the Central Manchester
Primary Care Trust has been awarded £200,000 after
contracting occupational dermatitis caused by using powdered
and non-powdered latex gloves.”

“This case demonstrates the critical importance of all
employers having proper policies"

Employers, their managers and employees can be held personally to account for breaches of Health and Safety legislation and for failing to fulfill their duty of care to
others. Individuals can go to jail or be fined, many people
do not realise that being found guilty of breaches of Health
& Safety legislation can lead to a criminal record. Ignorance
of the law and of your individual responsibilities is not an accepted defence.

Furthermore Health & Safety is a major part of the
Department of Health's Clinical Governance Framework.
You should reduce the risks to yourself and your practice
and start to develop a positive health & safety culture.
The DBG induction allows you to learn about your responsibilities and the health and safety arrangements that should be in place in order to comply with the law and fulfill
your duty of care to employees, patients and others. Learn
how good health & safety management systems make good business sense.

• The DBG’s Dental Managers Health & Safety Induction will enlighten you to your responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and help ensure that you fulfill your duty “to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees”.*
• We will explain the regulations and how they affect your practice and how you can fulfill the regulation
• We will inform and update you of Health and Safety Risk Management and the ‘Current Knowledge and Best Practice’.
• We will highlight the Health and Safety Risk Management systems that should be in place within your dental practices.
• We will identify the current Health and Safety Risks being faced within the dental sector.

The one hour training course is directed at employers and their managers and will be delivered at your practice. The cost of the training is £250 plus VAT per practice if you have already purchased the DBG on-line Health and Safety Package. Please telephone the DBG if you do not have the DBG Health & Safety
package or you are a non DBG member.