Health & Safety South

Health & Safety South returns to Sandown Park Racecourse on the 28-29th February 2012 featuring a
free seminar programme that deals with the most relevant topics in the health and safety sector and
providing access to a leading line up of expert product and service suppliers

With event partners 3M, Ansell,
Arco and Dupont, Health and
Safety South 2012 is
supported by the British Safety Council
and Safety Groups UK and officially
endorsed by the International Institute
of Risk & Safety Management (IIRSM).

The seminar programme at Health and
Safety South is always a central attraction
for visitors and this year’s content has
been organised by the British Safety
Council. A presentation from Sarah Page,
research & specialist services at Prospect,
entitled ‘Business Benefits of Worker
Participation’, gives guidance on the
positive impact that health and safety
representatives make in organisations.

Sarah Page has a background in the public
sector, having worked in the health, fire
and civil services, and notably the Health
and Safety Executive where she was an
inspector and policy advisor.

Also focusing on the benefits of health
and safety to an organisation is a
presentation from Jane Saunders,
Occupational Health Manager at SELEX
Galileo called ‘Business Benefits and
Implementation of an Occupational
Health Service’. Using the SELEX Galileo
delivery model as an example, the
presentation will demonstrate how to
achieve organisation-wide buy-in from
the top down, how to create and maintain
employee engagement and interest –
ultimately proving the business benefits of
Occupational Health initiatives. Jane
Saunders has more than 20 years’
experience in Occupational Health
working in the NHS, Public Health
Laboratory, Investment Banking and the
Defence Industry.

Focus on Lofstedt Review
Announced as part of the Government’s
plans to reform Britain’s health and safety
system, by reducing the burden of
legislation on UK businesses, the 2011
Löfstedt Review was also tasked with
maintaining on-going progress in the
sector. When announced in May, the
review was described as the first step in
reducing bureaucracy and bringing
‘common-sense’ back to Britain’s health
and safety legislation. To highlight some
of the most important topics in this area,
including how government health and
safety policy and law reform is set to
change following the publication of the
Löfstedt Review, Dr Paul Almond, a
senior lecturer in Law at the University of
Reading will deliver a presentation on
‘Current Directions in Government
Policy’.

Dr Almond researches issues of
criminal law, health and safety law,
regulations and enforcement and
criminological theory. His PhD looked at
HSE enforcement policy in relation to
work-related fatality cases, and he has
published widely on the relationship
between health and safety regulation and
criminal enforcement.

Also confirmed to speak at the twoday
event is Mark Tyler, a solicitor and
chartered safety and health practitioner,
whose experience includes, in addition to
many high-profile HSE prosecutions, the
BSE Inquiry, the Southall and Ladbroke
Grove Rail Inquiries, the
Organophosphate chemicals group
litigation, MMR vaccination claims and
Legionnaires Disease cases. His
presentation entitled, ‘The Legal Scene in
2012’ will highlight how health and
safety law and policy is set for its greatest
changes in two decades.

The presentation will explain the
implications of the law reform issues
coming out of the Löfstedt Review and
look at the future of enforcement and
penalties. Mark Tyler will also seek to
explain the increasing liability risks that
safety managers face if they fall short of
professional standards.

Similarly looking to the future,
Howard Dawes, environment portfolio
manager at the British Safety Council,
will present on ‘Environment and
Sustainability Management – Duties,
Strategies and Developments’. This
seminar will provide a strategic overview
of environmental and sustainability issues
nationally and highlight the main
requirements for duty holders. It will also
address the key developments and policies
likely to affect organisations in the future.

Howard Dawes is a Chartered
Environmentalist (CEnv) with 18 years
practical environmental management
experience gained through industry and
consultancy.

Comprehensive exhibition
As well as the educational content of the
event there is also a substantial exhibition
with some of the biggest names in health
and safety exhibiting. Major equipment
vendors, service providers and distributors
all have experts available to answer direct
queries regarding application.

Core areas are well covered at the
exhibition with Personal Protection
Equipment (PPE) represented by such
well-known names as: 3M, Specsavers,
Ansell, Bollé and DuPont. There is much
concern currently about PPE equipment
that is essentially a cheap copy of original
equipment or equipment that comes with
falsified CE certificates. The exhibitors at
Health and Safety South 2012 represent
best practice in the industry and can give
advice on how to spot this counterfeit and
illegal equipment as well as discussing
individual specialist applications.

Health and Safety South is free to enter,
has free parking and it is highly
recommend that visitors register in
advance for entry tickets and especially for
seminar places as these are extremely
popular. With the outstanding
combination of the seminar programme
and the quality of the exhibitors, if you
are interested in finding out how best
practice health and safety procedures can
save your company money, then Health
and Safety South 2012 is an event you
don’t want to miss.

To register online visit:
www.healthandsafetyevents.co.uk or call
the event hotline on the number below.