Buying ready-made first-aid kits

We currently purchase “off-the-shelf” first-aid kits that contain the items suggested by the Health and Safety Executive. It has been suggested that as part of our first-aid needs assessment, we should be determining the contents required in our first-aid kits. Is that the case?

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We currently purchase “off-the-shelf” first-aid kits that contain the items suggested by the Health and Safety Executive. It has been suggested that as part of our first-aid needs assessment, we should be determining the contents required in our first-aid kits. Is that the case?

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The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require employers to provide adequate and appropriate equipment to ensure that employees receive immediate attention if they are injured or taken ill at work.

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