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Articles tagged with: Health & Safety
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Health
By British Safety Council
Liverpool children’s charity wins British Safety Council funding to support its staff wellbeing
A Liverpool-based children’s charity, Team Oasis, has become the second small organisation to be awarded funding from British Safety Council to improve and support the wellbeing of its workforce.
How can we help our small employers to ‘keep thriving’? Partner content
Health
By British Safety Council
How can we help our small employers to ‘keep thriving’?
The British Safety Council's Keep Thriving campaign is supporting SMEs to deliver better workplace wellbeing across the country.
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Health
By British Safety Council
British Safety Council responds to the Spring Budget
Commenting on the Budget, Paul Fakley, Engagement Director at British Safety Council, said:
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Environment
By British Safety Council
New legally binding air quality targets ‘fall well short of ambitious’, safety body warns
British Safety Council has warned that new legally binding air quality targets for the UK, which passed the final stages of parliamentary scrutiny earlier this week, fall well short of what is needed to keep people safe.
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Health
By Policy@Manchester
With great power: Taking responsibility for integrated care
July 2022 sees the formal establishment of the Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) created by the Health and Care Act 2022. These bodies will integrate health and social care in England, with the aim of providing more joined-up services tailored to local needs. However, questions remain about how ICSs will function at place-level, particularly in terms of decision making and accountability at place level. Melissa Surgey from The University of Manchester outlines how ICSs will interact with pre-existing bodies, where the gaps are in the legislation, and how policymakers in Government and the NHS can start to fill them in.
Awaab Ishak’s heart-breaking death is a stark reminder that housing standards need urgently addressing
Health
By Bob Blackman MP
Awaab Ishak’s heart-breaking death is a stark reminder that housing standards need urgently addressing
I was deeply saddened by the news of Awaab Ishak’s death recently, caused by extended exposure to mould in his home.
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Health
By British Safety Council
Retained EU Law Bill must be changed or scrapped – British Safety Council
The Government needs to allow more time for departments to review and decide what to do with the thousands of EU regulations it is proposing to revoke, revise or retain under the Retained EU Law Bill, or businesses will face a legal “black hole” from the end of next year, the British Safety Council says today (21 November), ahead of a Public Bill Committee report due out tomorrow.
Air pollution alerts aren't doing enough to protect people suffering from toxic air
Environment
By Sarah Woolnough
Air pollution alerts aren't doing enough to protect people suffering from toxic air
The threats posed by air pollution can’t be overstated. Responsible for an estimated 36,000 premature deaths a year in the United Kingdom, toxic air creates new lung conditions and worsens existing ones, sometimes even leaving people hospitalised.
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Health
By British Safety Council
Asbestos toxic legacy must be tackled – British Safety Council chairman
Commenting on a report by the Work and Pensions Select Committee calling for asbestos to be removed from all public and commercial buildings within 40 years, Peter McGettrick, Chairman of British Safety Council, said:
Upskilling is key to the recovery, business leaders tell government Partner content
Economy
By Chartered Management Institute
Upskilling is key to the recovery, business leaders tell government
The Government must use next month’s Budget to announce further investment in management and leadership skills training to aid economic recovery after the pandemic, say the Institute of Directors (IoD) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
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Coronavirus
By British Safety Council
Government and the HSE must strengthen and enforce Covid-secure workplace rules to protect workers
Keeping workers healthy and safe will help the country to boost its economic recovery once the virus has been brought under control.
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Economy
By British Safety Council
The British Safety Council launches Safety Management App
The British Safety Council has launched a new Safety Management app, which allows readers to browse news on the go and make it easier to keep abreast of the changing UK and international health and safety landscape
Coronavirus
By British Safety Council
British Safety Council repeats its call for Government to enforce COVID-19 workplace safety rules to lower the risk of death
Recent figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show higher COVID-19 deaths amongst health and social care workers, which is saddening.
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Coronavirus
By British Safety Council
British Safety Council calls for Government health campaign urging employers to improve workplace controls to help combat new COVID variant
The necessity for suitably robust COVID-19 workplace management arrangements has intensified since the highly transmissible new variant was identified last month.
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Environment
By British Safety Council
Government ambition to cut emissions faster must be backed up by real action
The British Safety Council welcomes today’s announcement by the Prime Minister that the UK will aim to cut its carbon emissions by at least 68% of what they were in 1990, by the end of 2030.
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Economy
By British Safety Council
British Safety Council responds to comments on the Building Safety Bill
If the new regulations are to secure public confidence, they need to be transparent. 
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Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB and i3PT launch Golden Thread report
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), in collaboration with i3PT Certification, has today published its Golden Thread Report.
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Economy
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB reaction to HCLG report on pre-legislative scrutiny of Building Safety Bill
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has responded to the Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee’s (HCLG) report released today (24 November 2020) on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill.
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Coronavirus
By British Safety Council
Government needs to step in to end student chaos
British Safety Council calls on Government to take control of the situation where students are isolated in halls of residence, living on junk food and living in fear. If students can study online from home, they should do so. Those who can’t, must be better protected.
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Coronavirus
By British Safety Council
Now is not the time for unnecessary trips to the office
British Safety Council calls on Government not to pressurise employers to get workers back into the office.
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Health
By British Veterinary Association
Vets issue warning for dog owners following warm weather surge in toxic blue green algae reports
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is urging pet owners to take extra precautions when walking their dogs in the vicinity of water bodies, after a spike in reports of toxic blue green algae in several locations across the UK this summer.
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Economy
By Mineral Products Association
MPA welcomes Government publication of the first register of businesses and sites registered for the Aggregates Levy
Following a request from the Mineral Products Association (MPA), MPA Northern Ireland and MPA Scotland during the recent Aggregates Levy review, HMRC and HM Treasury have published the first register of businesses and sites registered for Aggregates Levy.
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Coronavirus
By British Veterinary Association
Vets offer reassurance after pet cat tests positive for Covid-19 in the UK
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has issued advice for pet owners after it emerged that the virus responsible for Covid-19 had been detected in a pet cat in England, in the first such known case in the UK.
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Brexit
By Chartered Institute of Building
CIOB welcomes Government proposals on building safety
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has welcomed the Government’s draft Building Safety Bill, which outlines the first comprehensive reform of building safety regulations since their introduction under the 1984 Building Act.