Manual handling for healthcare professionals

Staying fit and healthy to prevent injury

If you're required to perform handling tasks in your job role, it's important to consider whether your abilities meet those requirements. This learning resource explores the risk factors related to handling tasks and considers them in relation to 'I' (individual) within the context of TILE risk assessments. This also includes individual ability, the legal reporting requirements regarding injuries and identifying hazards as well as the impact where risks are ignored.

The term 'manual handling' refers to moving objects and 'moving and handling' when moving and handling people and referencing legislation. When moving and handling people, several different terms can be used such as 'patient', 'service user', 'client', 'customer' or 'resident'. The term 'patient' is used as a reference for the person being handled.