Health and Safety News

Employers should be aware about the risks that using untrained or inexperienced contractors involves, Mace and Jones, a leading law firm, has warned. The Personal Injury Specialist at Mace and Jones, Jeremy Bradshaw, said that recession has led to business taking more independent contractors on board for the sake of cutting costs, and this is [...]

The recent inspection drive carried out by the HSE across the UK found that one-fifth of the construction sites checked for health and safety compliance were posing serious danger to the safety of the workers.
During the inspections, HSE officers visited 1759 construction sites. The drive covered about 2150 contractors, to find out if they complied [...]

NHS workers like nurses and other healthcare staff need to be provided maximum security so that they can perform their duties without fear, Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, has said. Backing his words with action, he also announced that a personal security alarm system would be distributed to about 30,000 NHS workers who often work [...]

A recently conducted review shows that a considerable amount of work has gone into efforts to improve security at public places, but that a great deal more remains to be done in order to convert what are currently mere strategies for public protection into reality.
Commenting on this at the launch of a public consultation titled [...]