First aid in work

1. Overview

Employers must make sure employees get immediate help if taken ill or injured at work.

The law applies to every workplace and to the self-employed.

You must have:

  • a suitably stocked first aid kit
  • an appointed person or people to take charge of first aid arrangements
  • information for all employees telling them about first aid arrangements

View a printable version of the whole guide[7]

Link URLs in this page

  1. Assess your first aid needshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/firstaid/assess-business-need.htm
  2. Appoint someone to take charge of first aidhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/firstaid/first-aid-appoint-someone.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. Next page Assess your first aid needs https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/firstaid/assess-business-need.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