Articles tagged with: Health & Safety

What does employee wellbeing actually mean?

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28 May Health

What does employee wellbeing actually mean?

What does it mean to be well at work? Should there be a universally accepted definition of employee wellbeing? And how do we measure it?

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03 Oct 2023 Health

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’?

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28 Sep 2023 Health

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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15 Apr 2023 Health

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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01 Feb 2023 Environment

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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14 Dec 2022 Health

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.

28 Nov 2022 Health

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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21 Nov 2022 Health

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.

04 Jul 2022 Environment

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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21 Apr 2022 Health

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

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24 Feb 2021 Economy

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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23 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

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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19 Feb 2021 Economy

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

03 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

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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13 Jan 2021 Coronavirus

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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04 Dec 2020 Environment

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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02 Dec 2020 Economy

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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01 Dec 2020 Economy

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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24 Nov 2020 Economy

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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15 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

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.

Now is not the time for unnecessary trips to the office

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02 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

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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06 Aug 2020 Health

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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06 Aug 2020 Economy

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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27 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

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.