This policy is fully drafted and structured, ready to brand and complete for your service. It covers:
1. Purpose
2. Scope
3. Policy statement and principles
4. Definitions
5. Regulatory and legal framework
6. Identifying lone working
7. Lone working risk assessment
8. Check-in and communication systems
9. Dynamic risk assessment
10. Panic, alarm and escalation arrangements
11. Home visits and community working
12. Remote and telehealth lone working
13. Violence, aggression and personal safety
14. Incident reporting and post-incident support
15. Roles and responsibilities
16. Training
17. Monitoring, audit and review
18. Related documents
19. Glossary
20. References
Legislation & standards it maps to
Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 (RIDDOR)
Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
Employment Rights Act 1996
Equality Act 2010
Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
Who it applies to
All directors, employed and self-employed clinicians, bank and agency staff, administrative and reception staff, contractors and volunteers who at any time work alone on behalf of [Organisation Name]
How it works
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