Course detail

Moving and Handling

This CPD-level course provides health and social care staff with a practical, legally grounded understanding of safe moving and handling in adult care settings in England. It explains why moving and handling must be risk assessed, how poor practice causes avoidable harm to staff and people using services, and how person-centred planning, suitable equipment, competent staff and safe systems of work reduce that risk. The course covers the main legislation, musculoskeletal injury, spinal mechanics, individual risk assessment, the use of hoists and slings, good practice during transfers and repositioning, record keeping, incident reporting and professional accountability.