A Guide to Successful Food Safety Audits
Ensuring Food Safety Excellence Achieving Excellent Food Safety Audits For Your Business Maintaining compliance, preventing foodborne illnesses and protecting consumer trust in food establishments are all critical aspects of running a successful food business. One of...
Training Focus: Administration of Medicines (to Children in Schools and Adults in Care)
Our Administration of Medicines to Children in Schools course is particularly suited to staff working in the education, childcare and early years’ sectors and similar environments where they may be required to safely administer medicine or assist children to take...
Cyber Essentials
Exciting news! Here at Acorn Health and Safety Ltd we have been issued a NEW Cyber Essentials certificate by The IASME Consortium Ltd and we're really proud of it! So you can rest assured your personal data is safe with us. Cyber Essentials is a Government-backed,...
Employing Young Workers (including Apprenticeships)
A young person is of compulsory school age until the last Friday in June of the academic year in which they reach the age of 16. For a lot of students, that was last week, Friday 28th June (the Academic year runs 1st September – 31st August) So this month, as millions...
Fire Safety Guide for Landlords and HMO Owners
Landlords and HMOs must know their legal obligations regarding fire risk assessments When it comes to rented property Fire Safety, compliance is critical. Landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that all necessary precautions are taken to prevent fires in their...
Tip of the month: Child Safety Week
Workplace accidents have been steadily falling for a few decades now, but accidents in the home are responsible for the deaths of more than 6,000 people in the UK every year, with another 2.7 million attending A&E departments making accidents at home the biggest...
Training Focus: Manual Handling (in conjunction with National Carers Week)
The 10th -16th June 2024 is Carers Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don't think of...
First Aid Training Roles in Bristol
Bristol offers many job opportunities for qualified first aid trainers which come with promising career prospects and progression. To succeed in this field you need the necessary qualifications and to undergo other relevant training programmes that will equip you with...
Tip of the month: What to do if you think YOU are having a heart attack
We often learn on First Aid courses what to do if someone around you is having a suspected heart attack, but do you know what to do if YOU suspect you are having a heart attack? Symptoms of a heart attack can include: chest pain – a feeling of pressure,...
Training Focus: Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) in conjunction with Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental health is an integral element of our overall health and it should be accepted and acknowledged so that we can learn how to prevent, manage and treat it pretty much in the same way we do with physical health. As per our previous feature, HSE have now included it...