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Health & Safety Executive

The Health and Safety Executive is a body set up to protect the health, safety and welfare of employees and to safeguard others, principally the public, who may be exposed to risk from industry.

The HSE’s remit is to ensure that risks to people’s health and safety from work activities are properly controlled.


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    Employers ‘worryingly’ ignorant about stress risk assessments

    by Nic Paton 20 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 20 May 2025

    Employer awareness, understanding and compliance with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress risk assessment requirements remains “worryingly” low, a poll...

    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    HSE new guidance to protect against hospital nitrous oxide exposure

    by Nic Paton 10 Feb 2025
    by Nic Paton 10 Feb 2025

    Guidance to protect midwives from excessive nitrous oxide exposure has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
    The...

    • Fit for Work
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    • Health and safety

    HSE updates guidance on silicosis risk from installing stone worktops

    by Nic Paton 10 Jan 2025
    by Nic Paton 10 Jan 2025

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued guidance for workers installing stone worktops on how to mitigate risk around...

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    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    1.7 million suffered work-related illness last year – HSE

    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Nov 2024

    A total of 1.7 million people suffered from a work-related illness in the past year (2023-24), figures from the Health...

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    Health and Safety at Work Act marks 50th year

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 31 Jul 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 31 Jul 2024

    The Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) marks its 50th anniversary today (31 July), prompting TUC calls to build on its success.

    • Health surveillance
    • Respiratory
    • Health and safety

    Guidance to prevent silicosis in kitchen worktop manufacture issued

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jun 2024

    New guidance on safe working to prevent silicosis in kitchen worktop manufacture has been published by BOHS.

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    Labour urged to pledge health support for firefighters

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2024

    Labour leader Keir Starmer has been urged to pledge support for firefghters who have developed cancer or other health issues.

    • Health surveillance
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    • Respiratory

    HSE to encourage health surveillance among manufacturers

    by Nic Paton 18 Dec 2023
    by Nic Paton 18 Dec 2023

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is encouraging manufacturers to have, or put in place, effective health surveillance to reduce...

    • Cancer
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    • Respiratory

    Work-related stress absence still above pre-pandemic levels – HSE

    by Nic Paton 24 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 24 Nov 2023

    Nearly two million workers in Great Britain reported suffering from work-related ill health during 2022-23, with work-related stress absence still...

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    • Respiratory
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Union welcomes investigation into ‘dangerous’ breathing apparatus policy

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Aug 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Aug 2023

    A union has welcomed the Health and Safety Executive's decision to investigate a 'dangerous' firefighters' breathing apparatus policy.

    • Construction
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Work-related deaths up 10% in past 12 months

    by Nic Paton 7 Jul 2023
    by Nic Paton 7 Jul 2023

    There has been a 10% rise in work-related deaths in the past year, according to latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

    • Health and safety
    • Respiratory
    • Health & Safety Executive

    HSE to target building site dust

    by Nic Paton 12 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 12 May 2023

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is poised to launch a health and safety inspections’ blitz next week, targeting how...

    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive
    • Occupational Health

    Cutbacks at HSE leading to health and safety ‘perfect storm’, argues union

    by Nic Paton 2 May 2023
    by Nic Paton 2 May 2023

    Due to HSE cutbacks there has been a 200-fold increase in ‘mandatory’ HSE investigations that have then failed to happen, a union has said.

    • Health surveillance
    • Health and safety
    • Health & Safety Executive

    Firefighters regularly exposed to ‘forever’ chemicals in foam

    by Nic Paton 6 Apr 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Apr 2023

    Firefighters are regularly exposed to PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals in firefighting foam, a report from the Health and Safety Executive has argued.

    • Fit for Work
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    HSE campaign warns of ongoing asbestos dangers in construction

    by Nic Paton 10 Mar 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Mar 2023

    The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to remind people working in construction to manage the risks...

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