Personal medication UCLan staff Staff/student advised to ensure personal needs are met. Specific risk assessment Low needs and students as required for persons Staff/students to declare any relevant pre-existing medical with pre-existing medical condition or disability that could be potentially worsened by the Pre-existing medical conditions which may be proposed travel/activity; condition or disability worsened by travel or the Reasonable adjustments to be put in place as required for made worse by travel fieldtrip activities. persons with significant pre-existing medical conditions or and/or fieldtrip activities disabilities. Procedural Guidance for Risk Assessing Disabled Staff & Students General safety issues at UCLan staff Any activities that are Low locations being visited and students undertaken as an addition Ensure where activities are being provided to UCLan to those outlined before the staff/students by a third party that relevant checks have been start of the trip, must be Injury resulting from made on the competency of the provider consummate to the assessed prior to safety failings of activity risk those activities may pose. commencement. provider e.g. lack of If there are any concerns prior to or during the activity of the competency, unsafe providers competency to undertake the activity, their safety equipment, premises, arrangements, premises or equipment safety then the fieldtrip persons not following leader should stop the activity immediately. safety instructions, etc. Premises/site/activity safety procedures/instructions to be followed at all times; Any safety equipment provided by staff at premises must be used as directed; Persons to familiarise themselves with the location of fire escape routes particularly in overnight accommodation; Supervision by UCLan staff; Field Trip of ‘Code Conduct’; University & providers Public Liability Insurance; & providers / premises accident reporting procedures.
Personal medication needs Pre-existing medical condition or disability made worse by travel and/or fieldtrip activities UCLan staff and students Staff/student advised to ensure personal needs are met. Staff/students to declare any relevant pre-existing medical condition or disability that could be potentially worsened by the proposed travel/activity; Reasonable adjustments to be put in place as required for persons with significant pre-existing medical conditions or disabilities. Procedural Guidance for Risk Assessing Disabled Staff & Students Specific risk assessment as required for persons with pre-existing medical conditions which may be worsened by travel or the fieldtrip activities. Low General safety issues at locations being visited Injury resulting from safety failings of activity provider e.g. lack of competency, unsafe equipment, premises, persons not following safety instructions, etc. UCLan staff and students Ensure where activities are being provided to UCLan staff/students by a third party that relevant checks have been made on the competency of the provider consummate to the risk those activities may pose. If there are any concerns prior to or during the activity of the providers competency to undertake the activity, their safety arrangements, premises or equipment safety then the fieldtrip leader should stop the activity immediately. Premises/site/activity safety procedures/instructions to be followed at all times; Any safety equipment provided by staff at premises must be used as directed; Persons to familiarise themselves with the location of fire escape routes particularly in overnight accommodation; Supervision by UCLan staff; Field Trip ‘Code of Conduct’; University & providers Public Liability Insurance; & providers / premises accident reporting procedures. Any activities that are undertaken as an addition to those outlined before the start of the trip, must be assessed prior to commencement. Low
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