Healthcare Health & Safety Consultancy

Healthcare H&S consultancy is a specialist service that helps nursing homes, hospitals, and designated centres comply with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and HIQA National Standards. It encompasses risk assessments under Section 19, safety statements under Section 20, bespoke health and safety policies, compliance audits, and the development of safety management systems tailored to the unique challenges of healthcare environments such as manual handling, biological hazards, and vulnerable occupant care.

Nursing homes face unique health and safety challenges including vulnerable residents, manual handling risks, infection control, medication management, and the need to comply with both workplace safety legislation and HIQA requirements.

A healthcare risk assessment under Section 19 of the SHWW Act 2005 identifies and evaluates all hazards in your facility including manual handling, slips trips and falls, biological agents, fire, violence and aggression, lone working, medication management, and all other healthcare-specific risks.

A safety statement is a legal requirement under Section 20 of the SHWW Act 2005. Every employer must have a written safety statement.

HIQA's National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People in Ireland require designated centres to maintain comprehensive health and safety management systems. While HIQA does not enforce the SHWW Act directly, inspectors assess whether the registered provider has effective arrangements in place to protect both residents and staff. This includes reviewing safety statements, risk assessments, policies, training records, and incident management procedures during regulatory inspections.

Risk assessments should be reviewed at least annually, or whenever there is a significant change to your operations, staffing, premises, or following an incident or near-miss.

Nursing homes typically require policies covering manual handling, infection prevention and control, medication management, fire safety, lone working, violence and aggression, slips trips and falls, personal protective equipment, display screen equipment, chemical safety, and incident reporting.

Yes, Phoenix STS delivers CPD-certified health and safety training courses on-site at your facility. Our training covers manual handling, fire safety, slips trips and falls prevention, infection prevention and control, and other healthcare-specific topics. All courses are delivered by qualified instructors and are tailored to the specific needs and hazards of your nursing home or designated centre.

A typical nursing home H&S audit takes one to two days on-site, followed by a detailed report with findings, recommendations, and an action plan.

Yes, our healthcare H&S consultants hold relevant qualifications in occupational health and safety, including NEBOSH, IOSH, and specialist healthcare safety certifications. Our team also includes CMIOSH (Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health) professionals and BEng-qualified fire engineers, ensuring both breadth and depth of expertise across all health and safety disciplines relevant to healthcare.

Yes, Phoenix STS provides healthcare health and safety consultancy services across all 26 counties in Ireland. We serve individual nursing homes, multi-site care groups, hospitals, and designated centres nationwide with consistent quality and service standards from our base in Longford.

Yes, every Phoenix STS consultancy engagement is backed by comprehensive professional indemnity insurance. This provides our healthcare clients with complete peace of mind and assurance that all advice, documentation, and management systems we deliver are underpinned by full professional accountability.