HSE LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY STRATEGY
December 1st 2008 Executive (HSE) has launched a consultation on its new strategy: The Health and Safety of Great Britain Be Part of the Solution.
HSE's says its decision to develop a new strategy has been prompted by a range of factors. These include: the recent slowing of improvement in Great Britain's (GB) health and safety performance; the changing industrial landscape with an increase of small businesses and the self-employed; the different risks posed by new sectors, and the need to regain the health and safety brand from those who misuse it to proliferate bureaucracy and as an excuse for other things.
The strategy, which aims to reset the direction for health and safety, sets out a number of goals including:
• HSE and Local Authorities (LA) will continue to work together to investigate work related incidents and secure justice;
• Encouraging strong leadership and championing a common sense approach to health and safety;
• Building competence of those charged with delivering health and safety in workplaces;
• Promoting the benefits of worker involvement, whether the workplace is unionised or not;
• Customising the support for small businesses to help them comply with their health and safety obligations;
• Avoiding catastrophes in GB's high hazard industries; and
• Taking account of the wider issues that impact on health and safety and its delivery.
The consultation period is open for three months and full details are available at: www.hse.gov.uk/strategy More articles from Health and Safety Executive: | 
