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October 24, 2012

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Consultation begins on proposed first-aid law changes

Proposals to remove the requirement for first-aid trainers to be approved by the HSE have gone out for consultation.

Professor Ragnar Löfstedt originally recommended that such an amendment be made to the Health and Safety (Fist-Aid) Regulations (1981), in his independent review of the UK health and safety system.

Approaches to managing the risks associated Musculoskeletal disorders

In this episode of the Safety & Health Podcast, we hear from Matt Birtles, Principal Ergonomics Consultant at HSE’s Science and Research Centre, about the different approaches to managing the risks associated with Musculoskeletal disorders.

Matt, an ergonomics and human factors expert, shares his thoughts on why MSDs are important, the various prevalent rates across the UK, what you can do within your own organisation and the Risk Management process surrounding MSD’s.

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Michael
Michael
11 years ago

What a complete waste of time. Talk about creating more red tape! So does this mean that anyone can run a FA course? If the HSE are still setting the standard does not that not mean that it’s still an HSE appoved course. Can I do a non HSE standard set course. Confused!

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