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.

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

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...

Telegraph View: Lord Young's report on health and safety must be embraced by the Coalition.

National Health Service in Scotland - Annual report released jointly between ISD and HPS on sexual health in Scotland

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.

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: “Please save my kids” fro...

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...

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...

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.