Policy paper

Good health and safety, good for everyone

The next steps in the government鈥檚 plans for reform of the health and safety system in Britain.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Chris Grayling
Published
21 March 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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In 2010 the Prime Minister asked Lord Young of Graffham to review of health and safety law and the compensation culture. His report 鈥楥ommon Sense, Common Safety鈥� was published in October 2010.

The Prime Minister and the Cabinet accepted all of Lord Young鈥檚 recommendations and a range of government bodies are now involved in implementing them.

Lord Young鈥檚 recommendations were the important first step in the government鈥檚 plans for reforming Britain鈥檚 health and safety system. As the next step, on 21 March 2011, we published plans for further major reform in 鈥楪ood Health and Safety, Good for Everyone鈥�.

There are 3 main aspects to these further reforms. The government will:

  • launch an Occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register to ensure that businesses have access to competent and ethical advice
  • move health and safety enforcement activity away from businesses that do the right thing and concentrate on high risk areas and dealing with serious breaches of health and safety rules
  • simplify health and safety legislation and guidance and in doing so ease the burden on business

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Published 21 March 2011

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