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Are you finding Health & Safety management difficult?

If you're running a veterinary clinic, you have a range of legal duties. This includes keeping both your employees and members of the public safe at all times. To do so, you must identify any Health & Safety hazards present within your veterinary practice. These might include:

Workplace exposure to hazardous substances.

Hazardous waste.

Mismanaged fire safety.

Infection control.

Incorrect storage of veterinary medicine.

Incorrect animal handling.

As part of your obligations for Health & Safety, you must follow the relevant health regulations. Such as the:

Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981.

Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations.

Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992.

But with your staff focusing on providing the best possible care to animals, sometimes their safety awareness may slip down their list of priorities. This can especially be the case if you don't employ a Health & Safety representative.

And without the knowledge, experience, or correct training to uphold Health & Safety protocols, how can you be sure your veterinary facilities are compliant?

By choosing to outsource your Health & Safety to Peninsula, we'll ensure your veterinary practice is fully compliant with your Health & Safety requirements. We provide:

Work with Peninsula and we’ll handle your Health & Safety management. We’ll uphold your legal obligations, freeing up your time so you can spend it giving amazing care to animals.

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  • Health & Safety software

    Save time on your Health & Safety tasks and manage risks on the go with your smart software and app

  • Risk assessment services

    Peninsula's health & safety services offer risk assessments that will ensure compliance with health & safety laws. And if an inspection comes up, your Peninsula team will help you prepare and ace it with ease.

  • Health & Safety insurance

    Protect your business against injury claims and legal pay-outs with optional Health & Safety insurance.

  • Health & Safety documentation

    Timesaving templates and expert policies to help you protect your business

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Meet your legal obligations with Peninsula's documentation service

Under current safety law, UK employers are required to provide their employees with certain pieces of documentation, such as:

Details of staff Health & Safety training (including refresher training).

However, creating a new written safety policy can take both time and training to make sure it protects workers and stays compliant. And this can be difficult to manage when running a veterinary practice.

Outsourcing your Health & Safety management to Peninsula means you’ll have access to our documentation service. We'll draft and review all your required documentation. Our experts will also help to uphold procedures to protect both your employees and customers.

So whilst you spend your time caring for animals, we'll spend time managing your Health & Safety.

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Fully manage risks with Peninsula's risk assessment service

You have a legal requirement to keep both your employees and customers safe at all times. One way to do this is to implement measures to control risk. To fully establish safety procedures, employers must conduct a risk assessment.

Risk assessments are a legal requirement in the UK, and are key in spotting and controlling workplace hazards. For example, you might use personal protective equipment (PPE) to avoid exposure to chemicals. But if it's your first time performing a risk assessment, you may not know where to start.

That's why many veterinary practices choose to outsource their Health & Safety management to Peninsula.

When you work with us, one of our qualified Health & Safety consultants will come to your practice and conduct your risk assessment. Providing you with a unique action plan, including implementable actions, so you're always controlling workplace risks.

Our service doesn't end there, we'll even perform your fire risk assessment too. So you can relax knowing you're doing everything possible to keep your employees safe.

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Improve your Health & Safety with our 24/7 advice line

Running a veterinary practice can be both stressful and fast-paced, which can lead to unexpected safety issues. But what should you do if the nightmare of an accident becomes a reality?

By choosing Peninsula to manage your Health & Safety, you're always in the best hands if the worst happens. And as part of your package, you have full access to our 24/7 365-day advice line.

So whether you need instant support on an issue, or just veterinary practice Health & Safety advice - we're here to help. Day or night, weekday or weekend, we can offer the guidance you need.

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For over 40 years, thousands of business owners have chosen Peninsula for HR and Health & Safety support. Discover what they have to say.

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Peninsula helped us put all our policies in place and advised in areas to help us actually grow the business in a good way. It frees up more time, but also educates me to be a better leader and to make sure everything's done in a fair way

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For Health & Safety support from a team of qualified experts, contact us today

By working with Peninsula to manage your veterinary clinic’s Health & Safety, you'll have the time to focus on giving the best care to animals.

No matter the size of your business, whether it’s small, medium, or large - we provide:

So, when your employees face problems in either their personal or working lives - we're here to support them. Our EAP service includes:

Veterinary practice risk assessment support.

Legal documentation.

Urgent Health & Safety issues.

We have years of experience working with businesses in the veterinary industry and we're ready to support yours.

Get in touch today to find out more about outsourcing your Health & Safety to Peninsula.

Software that helps you stick to HSE standards

Peninsula clients unlock access to the UK’s favourite health & safety software. Never miss essential HSE tasks with handy alerts and reminders. Report and record any workplace incidents in line with all the right requirements. And boost your skills with access to weekly online health & safety webinars.

    • Unlimited document storage

      Securely save, store, and share all important company documents

    • Safer hazard reporting

      Report and record all incidents and hazards online, in one secure place

    • Professional development

      Managers can complete CPD-certified courses to boost their skills

    • Unlimited document storage

      Securely save, store, and share all important company documents

    • Safer hazard reporting

      Report and record all incidents and hazards online, in one secure place

    • Professional development

      Managers can complete CPD-certified courses to boost their skills

    • Unlimited document storage

      Securely save, store, and share all important company documents

    • Safer hazard reporting

      Report and record all incidents and hazards online, in one secure place

    • Professional development

      Managers can complete CPD-certified courses to boost their skills

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