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1 style we can bring in · PortwestFirst aid kits for sites and vehicles.
Workplace first aid kits and travel kits, brought in to order. What you actually need depends on a first aid needs assessment, not on a box size — and we will say so rather than sell you the biggest one.
No prices here on purpose. These are the styles we can bring in; what they cost depends on the quantity, the sizes and the standard you need, so we quote against your actual order rather than publishing an average.
There is no legal list of contents
People expect one and there is not. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require an employer to provide adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel, and HSE deliberately do not publish a mandatory contents list, because what is adequate depends on the work. What you are supposed to do instead is a first aid needs assessment: how many people, how hazardous the work, how spread out the site, how far from help, who works alone or travels.
Low-risk is not the same as no-risk
An office is low risk and a small kit plus an appointed person is usually adequate. A workshop with machinery, a construction site, or anything involving chemicals or working at height is not low risk, and that usually means a qualified first aider rather than an appointed person, plus kit matched to the likely injuries — eye wash where there are chemicals or dust, burn dressings where there is heat.
Vehicles and lone workers
Anyone who drives for work or works alone needs their own kit, because the one on the wall is no use at the far end of a job. A small travel kit per van is cheap and is one of the things an inspector looks for on a fleet.
First aid: the questions people actually ask
What must a workplace first aid kit contain by law?
There is no legally mandated contents list. The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981 require adequate and appropriate equipment, facilities and personnel, and HSE leave the contents to the employer's first aid needs assessment, because an office and a fabrication shop do not need the same kit. What is mandatory is doing that assessment and being able to show how you reached your answer.
How many first aid kits does a workplace need?
As many as your needs assessment says, which usually means at least one accessible kit per floor or per work area, one per vehicle for anyone who drives for work, and one for each lone worker. Distance matters as much as headcount: a single kit at reception is no use to someone at the back of a large yard.
Do first aid kits expire?
Individual items do — sterile dressings, plasters and eye wash all carry expiry dates, and sterile items are no longer sterile once the pack is opened or damaged. The box does not expire, the contents do, so a kit needs a named person checking and restocking it on a schedule. An unchecked kit with out-of-date sterile dressings is a common finding.
Does an employer have to have a trained first aider?
It depends on the risk and the size of the workforce. Low-risk workplaces may only need an appointed person to take charge and look after the equipment. Higher-risk work, or larger numbers, needs people trained to First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work level. The needs assessment is what decides, and HSE expect to see it written down.
Do we need an eye wash station?
If there is a risk of something getting into someone's eyes — chemicals, dust, swarf, concrete — then yes, and sterile eye wash in the kit is the minimum. Where mains water is not immediately available, bottled sterile eye wash is the usual answer, and it is one of the items most often found out of date. Pair it with eye protection, which is cheaper than the injury.
Can you supply first aid kits for vans and fleets?
Yes, and it is one of the easiest things to get right. A compact travel or motoring kit per vehicle covers the driver and anyone they are working alongside, and it is specifically what an inspector looks for on a fleet. Tell us how many vehicles and what the work is and we will quote kits matched to the real risk rather than the biggest box.