Health and Safety Executive

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".

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.