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5 October 2021

‘On the Edge’ is a harrowing 6 minute video raising awareness of suicides in the construction industry and signposts support for those who are suffering with mental ill-health by letting them know that help is available. On the Edge - ..

29 September 2021

COVID has created a seismic shift in working patterns. But is that shift temporary or permanent? As we now exit the pandemic many organisations are grappling with what the future (both medium and long term) will look like. We would like to ascertai..

28 September 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is an article entitled 'Money in Mind'. Money and managing it can be a powerful source of poor mental health. In this article Inspire c..

27 September 2021

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. Introducing the plan for the continuing fight against the coronavirus (see Winter plan for managing Covid), the Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the Government ..

23 September 2021

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) has successfully led a prosecution against, County Armagh based, Envirogreen Polymers Limited for failing to adequately prevent access to the dangerous parts of a baler machine.  The comp..

18 September 2021

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. Updated guidance on work-related road risk (WRRR) for employers and workers has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Department for Transport (Df..

16 September 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is on the 5 week  ‘Holding on to hope in a changing world’  campaign run by the five Health and Social Care Trusts in Nort..

11 September 2021

Thanks to Health & Safety Review for providing us with this Chemical Safety Checklist which can be adapted to suit many work environments including laboratories. It can be incorporated into risk assessments, used for staff training, procedures o..

11 September 2021

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. Laura King explores the key questions managers will need to answer to identify if hybrid working fits with company values, as well as some practicalities. The latest data ..

7 September 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is on ‘bereavement’. All grief is complicated. We are in unknown territory, and trying to make sense both of circumstances and ourse..

4 September 2021

This article is by RoSPA and is reproduced courtesy of Safety Groups UK. Organisations should provide training to people who are new to the organisation, new to a particular part of that organisation or to identify major changes that have b..

24 August 2021

This week's joint article with Inspire Workplaces (in our Promoting Positive Mental Wellbeing series) is on ‘Compasion Fatigue’. A element of burnout, trying to be there for those we support can leave us feeling emotionally drained. T..