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HSE Commons Sense newsletter

HSE — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:40:45 +0000

Commons Sense is the Health and Safety Executive’s newsletter for Westminster Parliamentarians. It keeps MPs up to date on national health and safety policy and issues and on HSE’s activity.

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HSE marks 35 years

HSE — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:37:24 +0000

The number of employees being killed or injured at work is at its lowest level since the inception of the modern health and safety system 35 years ago.

Read anniversary press release

HSE Chair contribution - Westminster briefing event

HSE — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:00:22 +0000

Transcript of the panel contribution by HSE Chair Judith Hackitt CBE, at the House Magazine Westminster briefing event: ’Past the performance plateau: A new strategy for health and safety’.

View Westminster briefing event transcript

Career in HSE: Senior Communications Officer

HSE — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:58:32 +0000

HSE is seeking a Senior Communications Officer – Media and Stakeholder. The job will provide the post holder with fast-moving and high profile work in the field of media, government and stakeholder relations.

More information about the vacancy and how to apply.

DWP: benefits of leadership case study

HSE — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:00:33 +0000

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has implemented a health and safety management system to deliver benefits to the business. Key to its success has been the commitment of the DWP Board and senior managers to implementing and promoting high standards of health and safety at work.

Find out more - read the DWP case study [PDF 105KB]

Government’s response to Dame Carol Black’s review

HSE — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:05:50 +0000

‘Improving health and work: changing lives’ was published on 25 November 2008, and is the Government’s response to Dame Carol Black’s review of the health of Britain’s working age population – Working for a Healthier Tomorrow.

View the Government’s response details

Help for passengers using air transport

HSE — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:55:11 +0000

The HSE air transport site provides advice for air passengers including possible risks are to health and help identifying organisations that are responsible for passenger health.

Help for passengers using air transport

Public consultations alerts

HSE — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:40:09 +0000

Sign up email or mobile phone text alerts to be informed about new consultations, reminders and results of consultations…

Careers in HSE: Trainee Inspectors

HSE — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:20:47 +0000

HSE is currently recruiting for trainee health and safety inspectors, closing date for applications - 29 September.

Application form and more about the role

DWP Select Committee inquiry - the work of HSC/E

HSE — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:05:41 +0000

In 2007, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Select Committee undertook an inquiry into the work of the HSC/E. In April 2008 the DWP Select Committee published a report of it’s findings and on 2 July 2008 the Government published it’s response.

Read the Government response report

Managing sickness absence in the police

HSE — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:54:07 +0000

The Home Office and HSE are working together to reduce the number of working days lost to ill health and/or injury in the police forces of England and Wales. They commissioned this review of absence policies and management in seven police forces to inform the process.

View the research report

Consultation policy a government review

HSE — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:26:39 +0000

“Effective Consultation: asking the right questions, asking the right people, listening to the answers” has been launched by the Better Regulation Executive as the centre-piece of the Government’s review of consultation policy. This paper asks how Government can better consult so that it can truly get to hear the views of those who use public services and who might be affected by changes to policy or by new legislation.

View consultation details

HSE asks for review of planning application

HSE — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:04:45 +0000

HSE has asked the Secretary of State to call in a Tower Hamlets planning application. This has been done through the Government Office for London. And requests that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Governments calls in the Tower Hamlets planning application for her own determination.

Read the latest information on land use planning

Buncefield Adjournment debate held, Wednesday 19th July, 2006

HSE — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:23:00 +0000

Mike Penning, Member of Parliament for Hemel Hempstead, obtained an Adjournment debate on ‘Health and Safety Executive inquiry into Buncefiield oil depot fire in Hemel Hempstead’, which took place on the morning of 19th July 2006. The debate was attended and contributed to by local representatives from both national and European government, and the Government’s Ministerial response was delivered by James Plaskitt MP, the Department for Work and Pensions Parliamentary Under Secretary (Commons).

Read a full transcript of the debate