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COMMENT
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Time to sing
Group Editor
Tim McManan-Smith
our praises
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When we pitch ourselves against the rest of europe it’s not every day that the UK
comes out on top. As most football fans will probably still be trying to forget no
Art Editor:
British teams even qualified for Euro 2008 and the bottom of the leader board is
Danny Kosifou
not unfamiliar territory for the UK in the Eurovision Song contest (yes that’s UK
Sales Director: Tim Else
nil point).
telse@western-bp.co.uk
Tel: 01342 333722 But it may come as a surprise to the newspaper columnists, who seem to have
unlimited time and column inches to devote to chastising the UK’s health and
Advertisement Manager: safety efforts, that there is good evidence to suggest that in this area the UK has a
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record to be envied.
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Latest statistics from the HSE show a continuing downward trend in fatal accidents
and injuries and in this month’s column from the HSE, Jane Willis suggests that
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the UK is now, arguably the safest place in Europe to work (see pg 10 ).
Manager
Jos Diamond
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Additionally, a soon to be published survey from EU-OSHA the European Survey
of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER), which was previewed at the
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Agency’s recent summit in Bilbao, shows that UK businesses are more likely to
Jane Walker have in-house health and safety expertise than their European counterparts. Less
jwalker@western-bp.co.uk than 10% of UK businesses contract out health and safety compared to up to 70%
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of businesses in other European countries.
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It may also come as a surprise to many that even when it comes to levels of
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regulation the UK actually fairs better than most. Speaking at the Local Better
Theresa Vaughan
Regulation Office’s November conference on the drive for better regulation (full
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story pg 12) , Ian Lucas Minister for business and regulatory reform, pointed out
that a World Bank report has recognised the UK as the best place in Europe for
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ease of doing business.
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So contrary to popular opinion our health and safety performance in the UK is
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something to be proud of. Of course every accident and injury is one too many and
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it never pays to get complacent but as we come to the end of what has been a
challenging year for most businesses it is a good opportunity to stop and appreciate
what we have achieved.
Opinions expressed in HSM by
individual contributors may not
necessarily be those held by the
So the message of the new IOSH President Elect Steve
publisher. Although every effort will
Granger, that it is time the UK safety profession started
be made to ensure the accuracy of
information published, the publisher
to demonstrate its value (see pg 6), could be a good one
cannot accept responsibility for claims
to take heed of. While we may not have the best record for
made by contributors and advertisers.
holding a tune in a European singing contest when it comes
to health and safety it is high time we started singing our
praises.
Georgina Bisby
Editor, Health & Safety Matters
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