Louise Turnbull reports from Scotland where rule-following firemen failed to rescue a woman trapped in a mine shaft.
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Spiked on 16th Mar 2010 (via spiked-online.com)
Coastguards have been banned from using flares in rescue missions after they were ruled to be a risk to health and safety. The Libertarian Party totally condemn this ridiculous bureaucratic act and would immediately reverse this most stupid of decisions by the Health & Safety executive.
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PJCJournal on 4th Nov 2008 (via thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk)
Published last week, Lord Young’s report for the government into health and safety regulations has gone largely unreported, even though “it’s health and safety gone mad” is such a common refrain in the media. The reason? Mostly, I suspect, because the report leads on health and safety for employees at work whilst the stories the
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 18th Oct 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Below is a copy of the report I submitted to last week’s National Committee. Each UNISON region and service groups should submit a quarterly report on health & safety. I’ll post on the actual national meeting another time. UNISON London Regional Health & Safety Committee...
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Tigmoo on 25th Apr 2009 (via grayee.blogspot.com)
Telegraph View: Lord Young's report on health and safety must be embraced by the Coalition.
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Telegraph on 18th Sep 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
National Health Service in Scotland - Annual report released jointly between ISD and HPS on sexual health in Scotland
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UKStatistics on 25th Nov 2008 (via showcc.nhsscotland.com)
Councils and companies are using health and safety rules as an excuse to make "unpopular decisions" banning low-risk activities, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) says.
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BBCPolitics on 23rd Aug 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Reported by Lucy Bannerman in today's Times: Fire kills child, 3, and parents as police prevent neighbours from trying to rescue them A pregnant woman, her husband and their three-year-old son were killed in a house fire early yesterday as police who arrived before the fire brigade prevented neighbours from trying to save them. The woman screamed: âPlease save my kidsâ fro...
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Samizdata on 30th Mar 2009 (via samizdata.net)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on its new strategy: The Health and Safety of Great Britain, Be Part of the Solution. The strategy, which is resetting the direction for health and safety, sets out a number of goals to be achieved: These include HSE and Local...
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Tigmoo on 5th Dec 2008 (via amieblog.wordpress.com)
Today marks the start of European Health & Safety Week. The poster to the left is from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work which is co-coordinating activities across Europe. In Britain the Health & Safety Executive is taking the lead (see here). The theme for the next 2...
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Tigmoo on 20th Oct 2008 (via grayee.blogspot.com)
Health and Safety Executive - This release gives the latest statistics on work-related health, safety and enforcement in Great Britain. The release includes a range of material on the Statistics website.
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UKStatistics on 29th Oct 2008 (via hse.gov.uk)