The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on registered building inspectors (RBIs), clarifying that individuals seeking to register as a class 2 or 3 RBI must complete a competency assessment through an approved scheme. As there is no such requirement for class 4 RBIs, references to competency assessments for class 4 registration have been removed from the guidance.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on registered building inspectors, including new information on the permissible work for class 2 building inspectors in England.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on the submission of mandatory occurrence notices and reports. The updated guidance provides clearer examples of safety occurrences and highlights the importance of providing accurate and detailed information to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

Following the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office's yellow heat-health alert for 9 June to 12 June 2023, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prompted employers to take action in protecting their employees working both inside and outside in extreme heat. There is no legal maximum temperature for workplaces but heat is considered as a hazard. The HSE are highlighting that everyone is at risk and employers should discuss changes with their workers to manage this. The HSE has put together a few measures employers can put in place including methods of reducing exposure to heat in the workplace, offering flexible working patterns, providing access to drinking water and weather appropriate protective equipment and sharing information about the symptoms of heat stress.

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Life Sciences analysis: Maria Isabel Manley, partner, and Zina Chatzidimitriadou, associate, at Sidley Austin LLP consider the provisional agreement reached between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament on the proposal for a European Health Technology Assessment Regulation (HTA Regulation). They discuss what the HTA Regulation is about, how it has been received and the next steps in its implementation process.

The Member State Coordination Group on Health Technology Assessment (HTA CG) has adopted general principles on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the preparation of dossiers for Joint Clinical Assessments (JCAs). The guidance sets out expectations for Health Technology Developers (HTDs) to ensure scientific quality, transparency and compliance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2282. HTDs remain fully responsible for the content, methods and findings of their dossiers, including the accuracy and validity of AI-generated outputs. Human oversight must be maintained throughout the process, and no stage should be fully automated without human accountability. AI use must comply with copyright, data protection and the EU AI Act, and must not affect compliance with HTA methodological guidance. Where AI is used, HTDs should document all AI-assisted activities and identify AI-generated or AI-informed outputs, although AI used only for spelling and grammar correction does not need to be disclosed. Dossiers should also report the AI tool's name, version, date, developer and intended purpose. Records of prompts should be retained and made available on request during the JCA process.

HTML is a programming language read by browsers to display websites correctly. HTML 5 is the fifth version of the HTML language and contains functionality that allows information to be stored locally within the browser’s data files. HTML 5 local storage operates in a similar way to HTTP cookies but differs in that it can hold greater amounts of information and does not rely on an exchange of data with the website’s server.

HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. An HVAC system is used in indoor settings (generally residential or commercial buildings, but can include vehicles etc) to maintain and control air temperature and humidity.

High Volume Low Activity (waste): A subset of LLW arising from decommissioning activities. Chemical properties of HVLA are such that it can potentially be disposed of to a lower level of containment than LLW.

Heysham A (Power Station): AGR power station operated by EDF Energy.

Heysham B (Power Station): AGR power station operated by EDF Energy.