First aid at work
The Health and Safety (First-Aid)
This guidance is for employers. It sets out what you need to do to address first-aid provision in the
workplace.
It provides guidance on:
- managing the provision of first aid (first-aid kit, equipment, rooms etc)
- requirements and training for first-aiders
- requirements for appointed persons
- making employees aware of first-aid arrangements
- first aid and the self-employed
- cases where first-aid regulations do not apply
The third edition has been reissued with minor amendments to:
- further clarify the significance of the 2013 amendment to regulation 3(2), which ended HSE's approval of first-aid training providers
- update guidance on the use of automated external defibrillators, and blended learning in first-aid training
- incorporate some additional amendments to take account of other previous legislative changes
