Please note that LPS Training and Consultancy Ltd is not responsible for the content of external websites.

National Back Exchange

www.nationalbackexchange.org.uk

Back Care (formerly known as the National Back Pain Association)

www.backcare.org.uk

Health & Safety Executive (HSE). Manual handling advice and regulations

www.open.gov.uk/hse/hsehome.htm

Changing Places.  A website with details of public toilets and changing facilities to include hoists and changing beds. 

www.changing-places.org

Medical Devices Agency (MDA). Website with what's new and search functions

www.medical-devices.gov.uk

National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Guidelines on a number of subjects associated including pressure sore prevention and prevention of falls

www.nice.org.uk

EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS

Westholme - hoists, slings and small handling aids - www.westholme.co.uk

Hospital Direct - small handling aids - www.patient-handling.com

Oxford Hoists - hoists and slings - www.joerns.co.uk

Liko - Hoists and slings - www.liko.com

Cromptons - slide sheets and theatre canvas - www.cromptons.co.uk

Nordic Care - small handling aids - www.walkeze.info

Huntleigh Arjo - beds, hoists and slings www.arjo.com

Biston - wheelchair bag and backpack for carers www.biston.co.uk

Minivator - portable gantry hoist for sale or hire. It can be folded - excellent to use for travelling. www.minivator.co.uk

DESIGN

The LPS Resource Pack and The Illustrated Guide To Safer Manual Handling were designed by Norman Robinson

This website was designed by Creative-i-Design

This list contains books, publications and websites you may find interesting. You can download a copy here. If you find anything you think should be added to this list, please let us know.

PUBLICATIONS ON LEGISLATION

Manual Handling in Health and Social Care. An A-Z of the Law, By Michael Mandelstam.

HSE Manual Handling - Guidance of Regulations (Manual Handling Operations Regulations) 3rd Edition 2004. Available from HMSO or HSE

Management of health and safety at work regulations 1999 – Approved Code of practice and Guidance. £8. Available from HMSO or HSE

Safe use of lifting equipment regulations 1998 (LOLER) – Approved code of practice and guidance. £8. Available from HMSO or HSE

Safe use of work equipment regulations 1998 (PUWER) – Approved code of practice and guidance. £8. Available from HMSO or HSE

SIMPLE GUIDE TO THE LOLER (see above) and PUWER REGULATIONS A short leaflet from the HSE. Free for single copies or available to buy in packs on 15 from HSE Books ISBN: 0 7176 2430 7. Available from HMSO or HSE

Display Screen equipment work – guidance on regulations (Health and safety (display screen equipment) regulations 1992. reprinted 2000. £5.75. Available from HMSO or HSE

ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING PUBLICATIONS & DOWNLOADS

Code of Practice for Patient Handling. 2002, Royal College of Nursing (Re-order code 000 604) Introducing a Safer patient Handling Policy. 2002, RCN (Re-order code 000 603) Manual Handling Assessments in Hospitals and the Community. 2001, RCN (Re-order code 000 605). Available FREE from RCN Direct Tel: 0845 772 6100 or downloadable from the RCNOnline web site.

RCN – Safer Staff, Better care (Code: 001 975) RCN manual handling training guidance and competencies. Available from RCN Direct Tel: 0845 772 6100 or downloadable (for RCN members) from RCNOnline.

Changing Practice – improving health (Code: 001 255) An RCN leaflet detailing an integrated back injury prevention programme for nursing and care homes. Available from the RCN (see above) or downloadable (for RCN members) from RCNOnline.

HSE PUBLICATIONS

HSE Handling Home Care ISBN: 0-7176-2228-2 £9.50. Available from HSE

HSE Manual Handling Assessment Charts. ISBN: 0 7176 2741 1A Free leaflet for assessing load handling tasks. Available from HSE

HSE Health and Safety in Care Homes ISBN: 0-7176-2082-4. Available from HSE

HSE Manual Handling - Solutions you can handle. Available from HSE

Manual Handling in the Health Services £9.75. ISBN: 0-7176-1248-1. Available from HSE

New hoisting guidelines from HSE

The HSE has recently published "Getting to grips with hoisting people".

This is available free online, just click the above link.

CHARTERED SOCIETY OF PHYSIOTHERAPY (CSP) PUBLICATIONS

Guidance in Manual Handling for Chartered Physiotherapists £5. Available from the CSP Tel: 020 7306 6666 or downloadable from the CSP website

MANUAL HANDLING BOOKS

The Guide to Handling People, 6th Edition - £39.99 available from BackCare. www.backcare.org.uk

Moving and Handling People: An illustrated Guide, edited by Sue Ruszala, available for £27 from www.clinicalskills.net

Standards in Manual Handling, 3rd Edition.  Available for £10 from National Back Exchange.

Manual Handling of Children, National Back Exchange, by Carole Johnson and Pat Alexander.  £15 available from National Back Exchange.  www.nationalbackexchange.org

OTHER USEFUL BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

The Biomechanics of Back Pain ISBN: 0-443-06207-2 £27.99. Available from Russell Medical Tel: 01684 311 444

Teaching, Training and Learning - a practical guide (4th Edition) by I Reece & S Walker ISBN: 1 901888 17 7. Available from Business Education Publishers Ltd

Evidence-Based Patient Handling Tasks, equipment and interventions. By S Hignett et al. ISBN: 0-415-24632-6. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Managing Back Pain and For Your Neck (self help manuals). Available from Saunders (UK) Ltd, Tel: 01323 833 353

VIDEO/DVD

DOWNLOADABLE PUBLICATIONS

Resuscitation Council (UK). Guidance for safer handling during resuscitation in hospitals www.resus.org.uk

Computer Workstation Set-up. Nice colourful poster - free to download.

Understanding Ergonomics at Work. A free HSE leaflet.

Working with VDU's (Visual Display Units – or Computers!). A free HSE leaflet.

Sling Record

This is a set of 16 templates, each one featuring a commonly used type of sling.  The use of "Sling Record" reduces the risk that a carer will use the wrong sling or apply it incorrectly.  Cost is £14.99 and is available from clinical skills.net