What Exactly is Safety Culture?

It’s a well used phrase, but many organisations still don’t entirely understand what a Safety Culture is, if they even have one, how to measure and improve it if they do, and why it matters. In fact, every organisation has a Safety Culture – it’s just that some...

Stress Management in the Workplace

As I write this, it’s the first day of Mental Health Awareness Week, which happens every year, traditionally during the second week in May. Whilst this initiative covers all aspects of mental health, it’s the perfect time to take stock and think about what we, as...

10 Ways Towards Safer Driving at Work

During the last reporting year, around 450 people were killed on UK roads while they were driving for work. That’s around three times the number of deaths that occurred in fixed workplaces such as factories or construction sites. These numbers might come as a surprise...

Why Won’t They Wear Their PPE?

You’ve written a lovely new risk assessment for your workplace, you’ve reduced the risk as far as you can and you’ve selected some shiny new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to mop up the remaining risk. You’re happy, your team is safe and you can relax with a...

5 More Ways to Improve Office Health

Last week we looked at the first five ways you could improve health in your office and hopefully that’s given you some good ideas already. As a reminder, this is the current state of play in the UK – in the last reporting year 1.3 million workers in were...

5 Ways to Improve Office Health

Millions of people in the UK work in an office. On the face of it you might think it’s a pretty healthy place to be, compared to some workplaces. But the fact is, although offices are usually safe from major injury risk, they still contribute significantly to...