Please click for an Excel version of this register. Issue Date Action and outcomes Signature [Formulate and embed H&S plan] [Insert date] [Insert, eg We have devised a new action plan for the management of health and safety in

Please note: the information contained in these tables is confidential. Health and safety management team contacts Name Landline number Mobile number Email address Additional information [Health and safety manager] [Insert number] [Insert number] [Insert email address] [Insert any additional information you wish to record] [CEO] [Insert number] [Insert number] [Insert email address] [Insert any additional information you wish to record] [Office manager] [Insert number] [Insert number] [Insert email address] [Insert any additional information

Under health and safety law in the UK, self-employed persons have a duty to comply with the health and safety obligations where: • they employ staff to work for them, and/or • the work activity being undertaken is listed as a prescribed undertaking, or • the work activity being undertaken poses a risk to the health and safety of others In practical terms, this means that those self-employed who do not employ workers, do not perform a prescribed undertaking and whose work activities pose no potential for risk to others are exempt from the obligations imposed by health and safety law. When is someone classified as 'self-employed' under health and safety law? Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) provides that a person is taken to be self-employed if they are someone who 'works for gain or reward otherwise than under a contract of employment, whether or not he himself employs others'. So anyone who works for themselves, not under a contract of employment, is deemed to be self-employed

Key information Information Details Name of organisation [Insert details] Name of role holder [Insert details] Reports to [Insert details] Role type [Insert, eg full-time/part-time/contractor] If a contractor role, length of contract [Insert details] Primary location [Insert details] Remote/hybrid/office-based? [Insert details] Date role commenced [Insert details] Length of probation period [Insert details] End of probation review date [Insert details]   Role summary The

Please click for an Excel version of this plan. 1 Introduction 1.1 This health and safety plan outlines our arrangements and measures to control and manage the risks identified in our health and safety risk assessment and key issues to be addressed. 2 Overview of the planning process 2.1 The key personnel involved in developing and executing the plan are as follows: Name Role [Insert name] [Insert role] [Insert name] [Insert role] [Insert name] [Insert role] 3 Responsibility 3.1 The person with overall responsibility for this assessment is [insert name]. 3.2 Individual delegated responsibilities for particular health and safety issues are documented in this plan. 3.3 [Insert name(s)] undertake[s] a [monthly OR quarterly] review of this plan to ensure it remains effective. Records of the reviews are maintained [and documented

Date of review Outcome of review Corrective action Responsibility Timescales [Date] [Insert

This Practice Note covers compliance and regulatory requirements relating to health and safety and, in particular, the requirements for a written health and safety policy. It covers health and safety requirements in an office-based workplace. Other industry/workplace-specific requirements may apply in different working environments. For information about formulating a health and safety policy, see Practice Note: How to formulate a health and safety policy. What is a health and safety policy? A health and safety policy is a document that sets out the organisation’s principles and objectives for ensuring the health and safety of staff and visitors. Regulatory requirements Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 The Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) is the primary piece of legislation covering occupational health and safety. In summary, as an employer, an organisation has a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of its employees at work and others who may be affected by what it does or does not do. Organisations

As a result of our risk assessment, we have decided to prioritise some more urgent actions and these

A round-up of the latest health and safety prosecutions, including a health board being fined £60,000 with a £4,500 victim surcharge following the death of a patient.

A round-up of the latest health and safety prosecutions, including construction company fined after man dies from fall.

A round-up of the latest health and safety prosecutions, including a waste management company prosecuted after a worker was crushed by a 15-tonne excavator, resulting in the amputation of both legs.

A round-up of the latest health and safety prosecutions, including a construction company and director fined after a worker was injured in an excavation collapse and a roofing contractor sentenced for the uncontrolled spread of asbestos during garage roof replacement work.