27 Sep, 2024 Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions update 2024 By Freya Cassia Beth Parlane Understanding regulators’ priorities can help care and housing providers focus their improvements and proactively address any issues...
22 Aug, 2024 Inquest putting the spotlight on social housing By Elizabeth Massey The actions (or inaction) of social housing providers are increasingly being scrutinised throughout the inquest process in relation to...
01 Aug, 2024 Charitable Trust fined after volunteer death By Precious Mealia Wilts and Berks Canal Trust has been fined after pleading guilty to breaching section 3(1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974...
23 Apr, 2024 Care home operator fined £400,000 by HSE following death of vulnerable resident By Precious Mealia A care home operator in Scotland was fined £400,000 due to safety breaches resulting in the death of a resident. Susan Greens, 95, was...
09 Aug, 2022 Safety on construction sites: civil engineering firm prosecuted following the tragic death of a seven-year-old child By Precious Mealia Following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Howard Civil Engineering Ltd admitted to failing to take necessary...
23 Nov, 2021 The Working Minds campaign By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Employers have a duty under section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of their...
05 Nov, 2020 As we enter the second lockdown, HSE data reinforces the need to support employees welfare and mental health By Tim Coolican On the eve of the second lockdown, the HSE has released statistics for work-related ill health, workplace injuries, working days lost and...