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3. Appoint someone to take charge of first aid

An appointed person is someone who is in charge of your first aid arrangements. This includes looking after the equipment, facilities and calling the emergency services.

You can have more than one appointed person and they don't need to have any formal training.

An appointed person must always be available whenever people are at work.

Link URLs in this page

  1. Overviewhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/index.htm
  2. Assess your first aid needshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/assess-business-need.htm
  3. What to put in a first aid kithttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/what-to-put-in-your-first-aid-kit.htm
  4. First aiders and traininghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/first-aid-training.htm
  5. First aid for homeworkers and co-working spaceshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/first-aid-home-workers.htm
  6. Previous page Assess your first aid needs https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/assess-business-need.htm
  7. Next page What to put in your first aid kit https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/what-to-put-in-your-first-aid-kit.htm
  8. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/print.htm
  9. The basics for your business: Health and safety basics for your business https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/index.htm
  10. RIDDORhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
  11. First aid offshorehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/offshore.htm
  12. First aid for divershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/diving/aid.htm
  13. First aid in detailhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/index.htm

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