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September 2010
HSE & Environment Agency Under Threat
SHP (Safety & Health Practitioner) has reported that the positions of the HSE and Environment Agency are still to be decided, according to a leaked Cabinet Office document on reform of public bodies.
The coalition government has pledged to slash the number and cost of public bodies primarily, it claims, to increase accountability. But the programme is also designed to cut costs and supports the aims of David Cameron's Big Society plans by encouraging alternative, devolved, or non-state models of service delivery.
This could be a severe blow to Health & Safety; in particular the role the HSE plays in investigating accidents and bringing those at fault to account. Who would marshal this? In addition some organisations will start to let things slide regarding health and safety. The upshot of this will be more likelihood of accidents occurring and in the worst case more deaths and therefore more lives and families affected. We hope that issues like these will be considered as part of the decision making process!
Source: Safety & Health Practitioner
HSE: Open Forums on CDM Regulations 2007
The HSE are running 8 free, open forums across Great Britain to get a broad range of views from large audiences on the extent to which the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) have met HSE's aims for the regulations which came into force in April 2007.
Frontline has been commissioned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to evaluate the impact of these regulations on the construction industry in Great Britain.
If you wish to register to attend one of these forums then you need to register using the online registration form..
Source: HSE
Newsletter - September 2010
The September 2010 edition of the Ai Solutions Newsletter is now available: September Newsletter.
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