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10 August 2010 - NR 31/10

Safety symposium to help public sector deliver positive results at work

Recent cutbacks in the public sector have placed additional pressures on public services to achieve better value for money and greater efficiencies. The National Safety Symposium 2010 (NSS), taking place from Sunday 5 to Tuesday 7 September at the Nottingham Belfry Hotel, will address key issues currently affecting the public sector.

Now in its 35th year, this Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) event will provide health and safety professionals with valuable information on how to manage occupational road risk effectively, as well as best practice and legal updates, to help them deliver positive results at work.

Roger Bibbings MBE, Occupational Safety Adviser for RoSPA will open the conference with a thought-provoking keynote presentation on managing occupational road risk, stressing that more people are killed or injured in working time while driving than in all other kinds of work-related accidents put together. He’ll explain how to keep employees safe while on the road and how safer driving cuts costs.

Ray Hurst, Chair of the NSS 2010 working party and past president of IOSH, affirmed:

“The National Safety Symposium is particularly beneficial for anyone with the responsibility for managing or organising health and safety in the workplace, especially those from the public, healthcare, education and environmental and waste management sectors.”

The conference will address a number of topical issues affecting the public sector, including managing occupational road risk, enforcement and regulation, substance and alcohol abuse, lone working, safe refuse collection, safe transportation of gas, violence and aggression, accident investigations and procurement. There will also be valuable updates from the HSE, Unite and HBJ Gateley and Wareing LLP.

Delegates will get the opportunity to listen and learn from formal sessions presented by those who are specialists in their own field and to network with like-minded colleagues, discuss common issues, debate problems and talk about sensible pragmatic solutions.

Speakers on day one are:

Roger Bibbings MBE, Occupational Safety Adviser, Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
Saul Jeavons, Director, The Transafe Network and Advisor, Institute of Road Safety Officers
Lucy Wright, Director of Clinical Development, Atos Healthcare
Victoria Vincent, Lone Working Security Management Specialist, NHS Security Management Service
Bob Mason, Corporate Health and Safety Advisor, Kettering Borough Council
Steve Silverwood, Associate Trainer, Gas Safe Consultants Ltd
Lynn Sutherland, Ambulance Paramedic, Scottish Ambulance Service.

Speakers on day two are:

Ruth Sleigh, HM Inspector of Health and Safety, Public Services Sector, Health and Safety Executive
Detective Inspector Neil Sloan and Detective Inspector Michael Birchall, Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Yvonne Liverton, Health and Safety Advisor, The Natural History Museum
Steve Scott, Head of Health and Social Care Services Unit, Health and Safety Executive
Rob Miguel, National Health and Safety Advisor, Unite the Union
Ruth Armstrong, Head of Regulatory, HBJ Gateley Wareing LLP
Tim Roberts, Director, The Event Safety Shop.

For more information about the National Safety Symposium email the IOSH events team or phone them on +44 (0)116 257 3378.

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Notes for editors:

IOSH is the Chartered body for health and safety professionals. With more than 40,000 members in 85 countries, we’re the world’s biggest professional health and safety organisation.

We set standards, and support, develop and connect our members with resources, guidance, events and training. We’re the voice of the profession, and campaign on issues that affect millions of working people.

IOSH was founded in 1945 and is a registered charity with international NGO status.