IOSH gets its message across…
Daily Gazette
IOSH staged a charity conker shoot-out recently where MPs put
their skills to the test outside the Houses of Parliament. Bob
Russell MP, who suggested the event to put the point across that
health and safety isn’t about banning things, won the contest after
beating Conservative MP Tim Loughton. Bob said:
“It was a bit of fun, but presented a serious
subject in a light-hearted way”
The Press and Journal
IOSH’s Healthcare Group organised a conference in Edinburgh to
discuss the problem of violence against NHS staff and other health
workers. Darren McDonald, chair of the Healthcare Group, told The
Press and Journal:
“This event looked at some of the causes of
work-related violence in the healthcare sector and highlighted how
health and safety interventions can help make a difference and how
the risks to healthcare staff and public can be reduced."
BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire
Neil Budworth, IOSH past President, was asked by BBC Radio
Coventry and Warwickshire if health and safety has gone mad after
the police were given ‘bonkers’ instructions such as “beware of
falling leaves”. Neil said:
“Proper health and safety isn’t about
stopping people from doing things, or about giving stupid warnings.
It’s about protecting people. The accident rate for the police is
about one officer a week will be off work because they’ve fallen
over. The balance is to get the information right and put it across
in the right way.”
HSE website
Judith Donovan CBE won the IOSH Lifetime Achievement Award at
the recent SHP IOSH Awards. Nattasha Freeman, IOSH immediate past
President, said:
“Judith Donovan has made a massive difference
to health and safety in this country. She’s the embodiment of a
good leader who has made sure that the voices of SMEs in this
country are heard.
“It’s through her work that the HSE began to
develop a coherent small business strategy that led to the
foundation of the Small Business Trade Association Forum, which
today provides a means of consulting with nearly a million small
businesses.”
Personneltoday.com
Later this year, the government will decide whether to fund a
national roll-out of workplace health training programmes for
health and safety professionals. IOSH’s pilot project, backed by
the Department for Work and Pensions, has been running in
Leicestershire and its results will be submitted to ministers and
officials at the end of the year.
If the project gets the go-ahead, it would offer IOSH members
training in how to better identify ill-health in the workplace,
strategies to support workers to stay at work rather than take time
off sick, and ways to help them return to work after a period of
absence.
Nattasha Freeman, IOSH immediate past President, said:
“If we can recognise things earlier, we may
be able to help stop more people falling out of work.”