Health & Safety at Work Homepage

Health & Safety can be a bewildering subject. We have put together some information to help you understand the basic requirements that any business will need to consider in order to manage Health & Safety effectively.

Health & Safety Advice for Businesses

For straightforward help and advice (including starting up a business):

• |HSE - London 2012 FAQs
• |Health & Safety inspections
• |Management of Health & Safety at Work
• |Reporting accidents and illness
• |Risk assessment checklists
• |Safe Start Up - 'Take the tour' basic information on how to comply with Health, Safety and Environmental regulations for start-up companies and small businesses.
• |Who enforces Health & Safety in the workplace?
• |FAQs about Health & Safety
• |Smokefree legislation

Detailed Health & Safety Advice on Specific Topics

Find out more |specific health and safety advice including electricity, gas, stress, slips and trips, working at height, vdus and workplace transport.

Further Advice:

• |Health & Safety at Work Enforcement Guidelines
• |Health & Safety Executive (HSE)
• |Business Link - Employers' health and safety responsibilities - an overview
• |Health, Work and Well-being - Government-led initiative to protect/improve the health and wellbeing of working age people.
• |Health & Safety leaflets
• |Health & Safety in minority languages