Insights

26th March 2020

For the most of us, being at work is good for your mental health. Working provides a sense of belonging, worthiness, intellectual stimulation and social interaction.

26th March 2020

At least once week I hear the complaint that staff do not have time for health and safety tasks, particularly the administrative ones.

24th March 2020

In response to the Government advice that people work at home if they can, the HSE have updated their guidance for home workers. The key concerns being lone working, use of display screen equipment (DSE), stress and mental health. 

23rd March 2020

As the nation slowly starts to shut down, many families are finding themselves in Coronavirus-induced isolation.

13th March 2020

During the time that you will be working from home it is important that your home workstation is set up so that you can achieve a comfortable position and avoid aches and discomfort.

12th February 2020

Following the devastating aftermath of Grenfell Tower back in June 2017, where 72 people died, attention was largely focused on the materials in the building’s cladding; ACM cladding.

7th February 2020

As of last night, over 31,000 people worldwide have been reported as infected with 2019-nCoV coronavirus of which 638 have died. So far, all but two of the fatalities have been in mainland China with the others being in the Philippines and Hong Kong.

30th January 2020

Further to my insight from last week, confirmed cases of this outbreak have risen to over 7,700 and led to 170 deaths, as of this morning. Evacuations and travel restrictions are also continuing to grow as countries around the World – including the UK - look to repatriate citizens caught in infected areas.

22nd January 2020

What looks like an outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, believed to have started around Wuhan in China, has seen cases rise and spread over recent days. So far 9 people have died and over 470 people have been infected with the virus across various parts of China, according to press reports, and new cases have been reported in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the USA.

17th January 2020

The average number of reported/notified cases of Legionnaires’ disease in England and Wales over the last 15 years is approximately 350. Results year on year have been variable however, with 2011 recording the lowest incidence (235 cases) and 2018 the highest (814 reported/notified cases) according to Public Health England figures. But why such differences?

10th January 2020

The year is not two weeks old and already we’ve planned and delivered three sessions of Director/senior management health and safety training and have a number more in process.

3rd January 2020

For me, it doesn’t feel that long since the start of the new millennium and yet this week it was 20 years ago. Conversely, it also feels that considerable and significant change has been packed into these last two decades from a health, safety and environmental perspective.