Implementing a no lift policy
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Implementing a no lift policy

Heather Monaghan Clinical Nurse Adviser, Chapel Allerton Hospital, at the time of writing this article, and is now Nurse Teacher, Professional Development Department, Leeds General Infirmary
Lee Robinson , Superintendent Physiotherapist and Manual Handling Co-ordinator, Leeds General Infirmary
Yvonne Steele Sister, Elderly Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, United Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

In this article, the authors discuss how a large-scale, no lift policy was received and implemented by nurses in their trust

On January 1 1997, 178 nurses at the Centre for the Health of Older People in Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, agreed on a New Year’s resolution with a difference. A ‘no lift' policy was to be implemented on six care of older people wards, in the day hospital and the multispecialty outpatients department. The site was the first large scale area to implement a full no lift policy in the United Leeds Teachings Hospitals NHS Trust. Initially, this was in response to Manual Handling Operations Regulations (DoH 1992) and the Health and Safety Commission’s Guidance of Manual Handling of Loads in the Health Service (1992).

Nursing Standard. 12, 50, 35-37. doi: 10.7748/ns.12.50.35.s40

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