Partners in Progress
Our Safety Vision
The world of occupational safety which RoSPA wants to see includes:
● an inclusive system of H&S policy governance which involves employers, employees, professionals and all other major H&S system stakeholders;
● a co-ordinated national research strategy to advance understanding of the prevalence, causation and prevention of work related harms;
● challenging targets set at every level to help secure progressive reduction in work related injury and health damage from all causes, including work on the road and stress related accidents;
● every business having an effective H&S management system, led by senior and line managers, supported by safety representatives and H&S professionals and reporting on targets and performance to its stakeholders;
● new emphases on safe design and on learning from accidents and incidents;
● continuing development of health and safety law based on goal setting and risk assessment backed by clear guidance;
● a major increase in resources for HSC/E and local authorities together with a new offence of corporate killing, stronger enforcement and more effective penalties, including compulsory retraining and remedial programmes;
● a better system of compensation for workplace injury which also incentivises and supports prevention and helps rebuild damaged lives;
● a co-ordinated system, linked to business development advice for small firms, for delivering health and safety services, including health and safety training and capable of meeting health needs at work;
● ensuring that all organisations demand high health and safety standards of their business partners (such as contractors and suppliers);
● top level leadership of H&S by a Cabinet level Minister with the Government acting as an exemplary employer committed to H&S ‘best practice’ and promoting high standards via procurement and building H&S requirements into all its policies and plans and abandoning crown and parliamentary immunity;
● embedding of safety and risk concepts in the National Curriculum and in further, higher and professional education; and
● better international co-operation to share H&S knowledge and expertise and raise standards throughout the world.
Further ‘Partners’
Organisations wishing to become ‘Partners’ with RoSPA are invited to contact Errol Taylor, Acting Chief Executive, RoSPA, Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Birmingham B5 7ST. (Tel 0121 248 2000, Fax 0121 248 2001).
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RoSPA is a registered charity: Registered Charity No: 207823 Patron: Her Majesty the Queen RoSPA Head Office: Edgbaston Park, 353 Bristol Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5 7ST, UK |
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