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Hello and a warm welcome to the January/ February issue of Tomorrow’s Health and Safety


Shortly before the publication of this issue, HSE published a summary of statistics for health and safety at work in Great Britain for 2017/18. It


revealed that over the course of 12 months there were 1.4 million cases of work-related ill health (new or long-standing), 0.6 million work-


related stress, depression or anxiety cases and 0.5 million work-related musculoskeletal disorder cases.


Add to this the fact that there were 555,000 self-reported non-fatal injuries to workers and 144 workers losing their lives at work in 2017/18. These statistics, despite the clear improvements since the introduction of


the Health and Safety at Work Act, paint a vivid picture of how much work remains to be done in a bid to make our workplaces safer.


With 2018 providing the long-awaited publication of ISO45001:2018, an International Standard that specifies requirements for an occupational


health & safety (OH&S) management system, with guidance for its use, to enable organisations of all sizes to provide safe and health workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill health, we would hope to see HSE’s annual report statistics improve even further by the end of 2019.


Then of course, there’s the ‘B’ word. Despite collaborative efforts from HSE, NEBOSH and the British Safety Council (BSC) in contributing to


cross-government work being coordinated to protect workers’ rights and ensure that health and safety regulation continues to prove a high level of protection in the workplace, Brexit is still taking time and resources in government and business away from other priorities like OSH. Louise Hosking, Director at Hosking Associates looks at this particular subject in


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further detail in this issue. The industry may experience further challenges in the year ahead, but we’ll be here to help you steer a steady course.


As always, we have all the regular features for you in this month’s issue,


including a special focus on Working at Height, Noise Monitoring, Training & Development and Floor Safety.


Enjoy the issue. EDITOR’S VOICE


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