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First aid requirements by workplace

What UK employers need for first aid in each type of workplace: how many first-aiders, which kits and what extra equipment, based on the Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 and HSE guidance.

Office First Aid Requirements

What a UK office legally needs for first aid: whether you need a first-aider, how many, what goes in an office first aid kit, and how to set it all up in a low-risk workplace.

First Aid for Small Businesses

First aid at work for small UK businesses: whether you need a trained first-aider, when an appointed person is enough, the minimum kit, and how to prove it — even with only a handful of staff.

Retail & Shop First Aid Requirements

First aid requirements for UK shops and retail: whether a shop needs a first aider, the lone-working and stockroom hazards to plan for, first aid for customers, and the kits, signage and records the HSE expects across one store or a whole chain.

Restaurant & Catering First Aid Requirements

First aid requirements for UK restaurants, cafés and catering: why hospitality is higher-risk, how many first-aiders you need across front-of-house and kitchen shifts, the burns and allergen hazards to plan for, and the kits and records the HSE and EHO expect.

Hotel First Aid Requirements

What UK hotels must do for first aid: 24/7 cover across shifts, first aid for guests and the public, kitchen, pool and lone night-worker hazards, how many first-aiders and kits you need, and the records the HSE and EHO expect.

Warehouse First Aid Requirements

Warehouse first aid requirements in the UK: how many first-aiders and kits a warehouse needs, forklift and racking hazards to plan for, AEDs, and a checklist to get compliant.

Factory & Manufacturing First Aid Requirements

What a UK factory or manufacturing site needs for first aid: why it counts as higher-risk, how many FAW first-aiders per shift, kits, eye wash, burns and AED provision, and how to prove it.

Construction Site First Aid Requirements

What the law requires for first aid on UK construction sites: CDM 2015 duties, how many first-aiders and kits you need, BS 8599-1 contents, welfare and remote-site cover.

Garage & Vehicle Workshop First Aid Requirements

First aid for UK garages and vehicle workshops: the kits, eyewash, burns and lone-worker cover a workshop needs, how many first-aiders, and how to evidence it under the 1981 Regulations.

Laboratory First Aid Requirements

First aid for UK laboratories: the eyewash, drench, burns and spill provision labs need, chemical-specific antidotes (HF, cyanide), first-aider training and how to evidence it under COSHH and the 1981 Regulations.

Farm First Aid Requirements

What the law requires for first aid on UK farms: why agriculture is the highest-risk industry, how many first-aiders and kits you need, remote-site and lone-working cover, and provision for the self-employed.

School First Aid Requirements

What UK schools must provide for first aid: the HSE duty for staff, DfE guidance on pupils, EYFS paediatric first aid, how many first-aiders and kits you need, and who counts as the employer.

Early Years First Aid Requirements

First aid requirements for UK nurseries, pre-schools and childminders: the EYFS paediatric first aid (PFA) duty for children, the HSE duty for staff, how many first aiders you need, and the records to keep.

Care Home First Aid Requirements

First aid requirements for UK care and nursing homes: HSE duties for staff vs CQC duties for residents, 24/7 first-aider cover across every shift, kits, AEDs and record-keeping.

Gym & Leisure Centre First Aid Requirements

First aid requirements for UK gyms and leisure centres: your duty under the 1981 Regulations, why an AED is near-essential, how many trained staff and what kit you need, plus pool and RIDDOR rules.

Salon & Barber First Aid Requirements

First aid requirements for UK hair, beauty and barber salons: your duty under the 1981 Regulations, the chemical-burn, dye-allergy and sharps hazards to plan for, how many first-aiders and what kit you need.

Event First Aid Requirements

What first aid cover a UK event needs: the legal duties, how to assess risk, rough first-aider ratios by crowd size, the kit and equipment to provide, and how to record it.

Lone Worker First Aid Requirements

What UK law requires for first aid provision for lone and remote workers: personal kits, raising the alarm, the needs assessment factors the HSE expects, and a checklist you can copy.

Remote & Home Workers First Aid Requirements

Do employers have to provide first aid for home and remote workers? What UK law requires, what a homeworker first aid kit needs, and how to cover a dispersed workforce.

First Aid Requirements for the Self-Employed

What the law actually requires from self-employed people and sole traders on first aid: your duty under the 1981 Regulations, what a personal kit needs, and when you take on full employer duties.

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