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Managing health and safety doesn’t need to be complex or time-consuming. With RoSPA Membership, you’ll have everything you need to stay on top of legislation, reduce risk, and build a safer organisation—without doing it alone.
Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills, build confidence on the road, or simply enjoy driving and riding even more, RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders is here to support you every mile of the way.
Improved living standards, better healthcare, greater awareness of the importance of a healthy diet and taking regular exercise have led to more and more people enjoying their 80s and 90s.
Advice for older people, and their friends and family
Improved living standards, better healthcare, greater awareness of the importance of a healthy diet and taking regular exercise have led to more and more people enjoying life into their 80s and 90s.
However older people, in particular the frail elderly, are one of the groups of our population most vulnerable to accidents, particularly in and around the home.
The role of voluntary and professional practitioners in promoting accident prevention is vital...
Working with older people
As the UK’s workforce grows older, employers must consider how to keep experienced employees working safely for longer. Becky Spencer looks at the key issues to consider.
Travelling to and from work on the road is one of the most dangerous activities most people will undertake in the working week.
Being involved in a road accident could mean that you are unable to work for long periods of time or even not being able to return to work at all.
Peers are demanding the government take urgent action to tackle the shocking rise in accidents across the country, following a debate in the House of Lords on the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ (RoSPA) call for a National Accident Prevention Strategy.
Home is where the heart is. But also where the most accidents happen.
Every year in the UK more than 6,000 people die in accidents in the home and 2.7 million attend accident and emergency departments seeking treatment.
A wealth of information across all areas of accident prevention including safety on the road, at home, at work and leisure at play and in schools and colleges.
Falls are unexpected and shocking. Having a fall can happen to anyone, but they are most common and tend to be more serious for people in later life. And the impact is huge.
Falls are the biggest cause of accidental injury in the home, resulting in a staggering 80 per cent of hospital admissions for accidental injury to people aged 65 and over in the UK
An ageing population means the number of older drivers is increasing. Download our free factsheet, developed with the Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance (ScORSA) to find out how businesses can help...
In healthcare and adult social care, routine tasks often involve the lifting, or handling of individuals. Gain the skills to move people safely with our expert-led Safer People and Single-Handed Care training courses.
Information for carers and anyone supporting someone living with dementia on the risks everyday household cleaning and laundry products, medicines and batteries, can pose if they’re not properly managed or safely stored.
This course aims to provide those who have already completed the Level 3 Safer People Handling Trainers course (or equivalent) with latest knowledge and up-to-date skills to evaluate risk, analyse body posture and apply the efficient movement principles to a range of safer people handling situations.
We can visit your workplace and deliver the course at a time and place to suit you. This is an effective way of training several delegates at the same time, saving on time and travel costs
Today, on World Drowning Prevention Day (25 July), the National Water Safety Forum (NWSF) has revealed that young people are the most high-risk group for accidental drowning in the UK.
