Naturally enough, the COVID-19 public health crisis has taken up a lot of everybody’s time and attention and continues to do so. However, some organisations have still managed to keep other Health and Safety (‘H&S’) issues on the back burner. […]
I recently read an article on why we fail to prepare for disasters. Obviously this related to the lack of preparation for the viral pandemic that we are currently experiencing. But it’s familiar because this is something that all health […]
Changes to our H&S Service For some years now, we’ve been creating a stock of online forms for our Clients to use. These forms are ‘smart’ in that they are set to respond to user-input and are a much more […]
Strange Times It is unusual, to say the least, to be asked in a workplace setting to carry out a risk assessment for a disease that is prevalent in the community. After all, most workplaces don’t carry out risk assessments for […]
Dear Health and Safety Consultant “…I’m in self-isolation because of the pandemic and have been asked by my boss to review all our risk assessments. The trouble is, I have been doing things the same way for so long I […]
Do read this (unless you Don’t think it’s safe to) Those of you who are avid readers of this blog (thanks both) will know that I have blogged before about rules for staff. The reason this subject keeps coming up […]
What’s the issue? We are absolutely swamped with app choices these days, and I must confess to being drawn into the digital world in an attempt to improve the presentation and quality of H&S documents. For those who may not […]
Systems, schmishtems! I can’t count the number of businesses I’ve visited who have been given a ‘system’ to use by their consultants. But I do know it’s the the exact same number who haven’t a clue as to how to […]
One day in a Small-to-Medium sized Enterprise (SME) somewhere in the catchment area of ‘Just Health and Safety’… Some time later… During a quick break… Then back to the Group… After the next Board meeting…
Recently we’ve noticed that new Clients frequently have old H&S Policies that have either: No commitments – at all…to doing anything (usually these are the one’s who mistakenly think a H&S Policy is an information handbook for staff) Hidden commitments […]
