Health and Safety Consultancy – Policy and Procedures Auditing

How robust are your health and safety procedures? If you’re not sure or you don’t know, then you need my help.

It makes good business sense to carry out both internal inspections and external audits. If you regularly review your policies and procedures to check that they are still relevant and being actioned, you can keep on top of safety in a proactive way.

Auditing a health and safety management system can have many advantages, including: 

  • Compliance: Policy and procedures audits ensure that an organisation’s health and safety practices meet legal and regulatory requirements. 
  • Risk identification: Audits help identify potential hazards and risks that could lead to accidents or incidents. 
  • Continuous improvement: Audits help organisations develop and implement improvements to their health and safety management system. 
  • Employee engagement: Regular safety checks show a company’s commitment to employee welfare, which can lead to increased employee morale, job satisfaction, and production. 
  • Cost savings: Audits can help organisations potentially lower insurance costs by demonstrating a commitment to maintaining a safe working environment. 
  • Reduction of absence: Audits have a positive effect on the workforce as they demonstrate that the business cares enough to have them.
  • Evidence of due diligence: Audits can provide evidence of due diligence in the event of an incident. 
  • Unbiased assessment: External audits can provide an unbiased assessment of an organisation’s safety practices. 

Here’s an outline of what Michelle Hay Training can do for you.

  • Assess your health and safety practices, policies and procedures against regulatory standards
  • Identify gaps in policy and procedures
  • Carry out a training needs analysis of your business, based on tasks and risks
  • Make recommendations of improvements and how they can be made
  • Review incidents, accidents and near misses to avoid reoccurrence
  • Conduct follow-up audits to assess the effectiveness of implemented control measures

Call me on 0161 298 1040 to discuss and arrange a meeting or complete the contact form.

Food Safety Management System Auditing

Michelle Hay provides a Food Safety Management System audit service to your catering business, giving you a full report for your further action and/or implementation.

As a successful catering business manager looking after a number of £m contracts, I can bring my knowledge and skills that will support and advise on what your best practice and policy needs are for your business.

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If you run a business that makes or prepares food, it will be inspected to make sure you are following food safety law. As part of routine inspections, an enforcement officer will check that the business has an appropriate HACCP based Food Safety Management System in place.

Food Hygiene Regulations 2004/2005/2006 – deals with enforcement, HACCP principles and general food hygiene regulations. If the officer is not satisfied that everything is in place and food safety is being controlled and monitored, you will likely get another visit allowing time to improve the shortfalls.

Having regular audits for your food business can save you time and money and avoid costly fines, loss of reputation, trade or even closure. It is a preventative measure that will ensure that you can operate within the food safety laws.

Available for one-off and/or periodic auditing service that will include:

  • Assessing current operational standards
  • Observing staff food safety practices
  • Checking current controls and verification methods
  • Checking HACCP records
  • Recommend improvements needed to be compliant with regulations
  • Comprehensive written audit report

Want to learn more about food safety management system auditing? Call me on 0161 298 1040 to discuss and arrange a meeting, or complete the contact form.

Catering Kitchen Design

Whether you’re spending a small, or large, fortune on a new kitchen, it’s important that you get it right first time. Equipment, layout, ventilation, floors, walls and ceiling are not cheap and need to be chosen wisely. It could save you much needed money to spend elsewhere.

Having worked with many kitchen designs over as many years, I know what works and what doesn’t. My service is based on the very latest advice from the health and safety executive and the food standards agency, so you’ll be right up to date from a safety aspect along with the specific needs of your business set up and menu demands.

What you will get:

  • Impartial advice from an independent consultant
  • Advice on what you really need before you invite companies to tender
  • Decide on the best layout and equipment
  • No nonsense service without the sales talk
  • Clear recommendations of the best practice
  • Health and safety, food safety and business specific ideas

Want to learn more about catering kitchen design? Call me on 0161 298 1040 to discuss and arrange a meeting, or complete the contact form.