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HSE is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety in Great Britain. The purpose of the Health and Safety Executive is "to prevent work related death, injury, or ill-health. It supports businesses by supplying free guidance and advise and helps employers to manage risks correctly. Their desired effect is increasing productivity, supporting the economy, and helping form a fairer society. It uses science as the basis for protecting people in the diverse environments in which people work"<ref>HSE, 2019. [http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/hse-story.htm Health and Safety Executive - The HSE story. Hse.gov.uk.] [online] [Accessed 14 Nov. 2019].</ref>. | |||
The main things that the HSE do include: | |||
*engaging a wide range of stakeholders and duty-holders as set out in HSE’s health strategy and sector action plans; | |||
*working with local authorities as co-regulators and building relationships with influential trade associations, academics, unions, professional bodies, representative groups and government agencies; | |||
*providing guidance and advice that meets the needs of users and encourages proportionate risk management; | |||
*running insight-led campaigns to change behaviour and make workplaces safer and healthier; | |||
*bringing together HSE’s world-leading science and research teams with policy and operational specialists to make evidence-based decisions<ref>HSE, 2019. [http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/reports/ara-2017-18.pdf The Health and Safety Executive Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18.] ISBN 978-1-5286-0143-6.</ref>. | |||
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Revision as of 11:03, 22 November 2019
HSE is the independent regulator for work-related health and safety in Great Britain. The purpose of the Health and Safety Executive is "to prevent work related death, injury, or ill-health. It supports businesses by supplying free guidance and advise and helps employers to manage risks correctly. Their desired effect is increasing productivity, supporting the economy, and helping form a fairer society. It uses science as the basis for protecting people in the diverse environments in which people work"[1].
The main things that the HSE do include:
- engaging a wide range of stakeholders and duty-holders as set out in HSE’s health strategy and sector action plans;
- working with local authorities as co-regulators and building relationships with influential trade associations, academics, unions, professional bodies, representative groups and government agencies;
- providing guidance and advice that meets the needs of users and encourages proportionate risk management;
- running insight-led campaigns to change behaviour and make workplaces safer and healthier;
- bringing together HSE’s world-leading science and research teams with policy and operational specialists to make evidence-based decisions[2].
References
- ↑ HSE, 2019. Health and Safety Executive - The HSE story. Hse.gov.uk. [online] [Accessed 14 Nov. 2019].
- ↑ HSE, 2019. The Health and Safety Executive Annual Report and Accounts 2017/18. ISBN 978-1-5286-0143-6.