The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are government bodies set up to protect people at work and those affected by work activities.
The HSC has overall responsibility for policy on health and safety at work and advice to ministers, including advice on standards and regulations to secure them.
The HSE is the operational arm of the HSC and advises on health and safety policy including developments in science and technology and enforces (along with local authorities) health and safety law in workplaces throughout Great Britain.
The Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS), is part of the HSE giving advice on all aspects of occupational health and aiming to promote awareness of health-related matters in the workplace. It is staffed by doctors and nurses who give advice on effects of particular work activities on health and effects of health on work.
The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) is an in-house research centre which carries out investigation work and provides scientific services arising from day-to-day operations.
