6. First aid for homeworkers and co-working spaces

If your work is low-risk, such as desk-based work and you work in your own home, you don't need any first aid equipment beyond normal domestic needs.

If your work involves lots of driving, you may want to keep a first aid kit in your vehicle.

If you're self-employed and based in a co-working space (shared workspace with other self-employed or employed workers) you're legally responsible for your own first aid provision. However, you can make joint arrangements with the other occupiers. Usually, in a written agreement, one employer takes responsibility for first aid for all workers on the premises.

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. Appoint someone to take charge of first aidhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/first-aid-appoint-someone.htm
  4. 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
  5. First aiders and traininghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/first-aid-training.htm
  6. Previous page First aiders and training https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/first-aid-training.htm
  7. View a printable version of the whole guidehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/firstaid/print.htm
  8. The basics for your business: Health and safety basics for your business https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-Health-Safety/index.htm
  9. RIDDORhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
  10. First aid offshorehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/offshore.htm
  11. First aid for divershttps://www.hse.gov.uk/diving/aid.htm
  12. First aid in detailhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/firstaid/index.htm

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Updated 2024-03-26