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Hello and welcome to the September/October issue of Tomorrow’s Health and Safety.
It’s been a couple of months since we published the last issue and, since that slightly warmer period, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released it annual figures on work-related fatal injuries for 2018/2019. It includes both fatal injuries to w orkers and to members of the public.
A total of 147 workers were killed during their job in Great Britain in 2018/19, representing an increase of six fatalities from 2017/18. The report points out that this change can possibly be explained by natural variation (there is some degree of chance and randomness to the annual count), as the average annual number of workers killed at work over the five years from 2014/15 – 2018/19 is 142. You can check out the complete report here. What’s clear though is that there is certainly a lot to consider in the year ahead as we look for further progressive measures to ensure people get home from work safely.
To get you through the toil that typifies the return to work at the end of summer, we have a jam-packed issue covering an eclectic array of features this month. In recent years, mental health has entered the public discourse, and with it the need for businesses to respond to what is fast reaching pandemic levels. Severe mental health has been on a steady rise since the early 1900s. The proportion of people experiencing severe symptoms of common mental disorders over the course of any given week has risen from 6.9% in 1993 to 9.3% in 2014. Despite this, mental health services have always been the poor relation to the NHS when it comes to funding, and whilst the government has promised an extra £1.28bn by 2020-21 than in 2015-16, businesses really must step up to the mantle to support those employees in need. You can check out some of the advice we have from experts in this field on page 18.
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Elsewhere in the mag, we provide the latest insight on Hazardous Substances, Protective Clothing & Workwear, and Cleaning & Hygiene. We also take a sneak peak at Health and Safety North, which opens its doors at EventCity Manchester on 8 – 9 October.
Enjoy the issue. EDITOR’S VOICE
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