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HSE National Guideline

HSE National Guideline on the Safe Moving and Handling of Service Users with Bariatric Needs


Topic: Manual handling bariatric needs
Document Owner: Chief People Officer, National HR
National Group: National Health & Safety Function (Policy Team)
Effective From: 03 June 2025
This Guideline applies to all HSE employees, fixed term employees and temporary employees. It also applies to agency workers, contractors or any other persons who carry out manual handling and people handling activities as part of their work for the HSE.
HSE National Guideline on the Safe Moving and Handling of Service Users with Bariatric Needs
PDF, 1.33MB

The purpose of this Guideline is to minimise associated manual handling risks to both staff and the service user with bariatric needs by providing clear guidance to support managers and staff in the planning, assessment and management of bariatric service users throughout their engagement with HSE or HSE funded services. Individual services should develop a local standard operating procedure (SOP) to support implementation and ongoing monitoring of this Guideline.

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