2481. Existing efforts to respond to media coverage of health and safety
June 08, 2013
The Health and Safety Executive and local authorities increasingly challenge the coverage of health and safety in the media. So often there is a dispute of sorts regarding businesses and individuals.
The HSE writes a response on every issue that they believe has been misleadingly presented i...
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2482. Media coverage and the confusion it can add to health and safety
June 08, 2013
Only around a quarter of UK print stories that refer to health and safety mention the Health and Safety Executive. No other country can be able to do this.
Journalists often use health and safety as a convenient tagline to convey arguments on broader issues like levels of bureaucracy or the ...
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2483. What media coverage can do for health and safety
June 08, 2013
Stories that trivialise health and safety do not appear to be having a significant impact on business or public views of the importance of ensuring workplaces minimise the risk of injury and ill health to workers and the public. As we have already discussed, there remains overwhelming consensus that...
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2484. What the media can do for health and safety
June 08, 2013
It is hard to demonstrate a direct link between media coverage of health and safety and the behaviour of specific firms.
There is evidence, however, that media articles help to shape perceptions of health and safety and of regulation more broadly, among both employers and the wider public. T...
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2485. Health and safety in the media
June 08, 2013
The tone of much of the media coverage of health and safety frustrates health and safety professionals of all types – it has been highlighted as an issue throughout responses to our call for evidence. But that alone does not mean that it is important. The key question for the review is whether these...
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2486. Employers struggle to act as informed consumers of consultancy support for health and safety
June 08, 2013
In many cases employers struggle to act as informed consumers of consultancy support because they believe both the cost of managing health and safety in-house and the benefits of help from a third party are higher than they are. Smaller businesses in particular struggle to act as informed consumers ...
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2487. Getting paid health and safety advice and support
June 08, 2013
We estimate that there may be more than 1,500 specialist health and safety consultancy firms in the UK – not including general business or financial service consultancy firms that also provide health and safety support to ...
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2488. The development of the health and safety at work act since 1974
June 08, 2013
The Health and Safety at Work Act set out clear roles and responsibilities for employers, employees, union safety representatives, the public, the Health and Safety Commission and the Health and Safety Executive (now the merged Health and Safety Executive) and local authorities.
It establish...
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2489. Goal setting in health and safety
June 08, 2013
The goal-setting approach at the heart of the UK’s system of health and safety regulation provides important flexibility for many businesses. Larger businesses in particular benefit from the ability to tailor how they meet their obligations to the |
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2490. Improving penetration rates and distribution of support on health and safety
June 08, 2013
These initiatives have been welcomed by business and business representative groups almost universally. But evidence we have collected during the review suggests that there is scope to improve both knowledge and understanding of them, especially among smaller firms. Finding further ways to improve b...
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Author: Innes Donaldson
