HSE Press Office: Putting the record straight in 2008
Responding to health and safety related articles and reports in the British media.
- 29/12/08 - HSE letter in response to Max Hastings's article
- 11/11/08 - Journal article: 'Prudhoe swimming pool banned from using floats' - David Snowball responds
- 11/11/08 - Guardian: 'Safety first culture' - Kevin Myers, HSE's Deputy Chief Executive, responds
- 07/10/08 - Scotsman: "Health and safety the twin gods that put nonsense before care" - Paul Stollard, HSE Director Scotland, responds
- 16/09/08 - Daily Telegraph: "Outdoor learning: double dare" HSE Chair responds
- 16/09/08 - Evening standard letter about removal or flattening of thousands of gravestones- HSE deputy director responds
- 02/09/08 - Daily Mail: Richard Littlejohn's flippant approach to 'elf'n'safety' - Geoffrey Podger responds
- 20/08/08 - Daily Mail letter about trivial and pointless restrictions - Geoffrey Podger responds
- 20/08/08 - 'Binmen refuse to take heavy bags' Nick Ratty, HSE Head of Operations responds
- 12/08/08 - Daily Express: "Organ grinder is a 'safety hazard'" Geoffrey Podger responds
- 05/08/08 - 'Trust failed patients' Geoffrey Podger responds to Daily Mail letter
- 21/07/08 - Sandra Caldwell, HSE's Deputy Chief Executive , responds to Daily Telegraph article: "Sweeping advice: don't use a broom"
- 16/07/08 - Judith Hackitt responds to a letter in the Times, from Bill Oxley, entitled "Dangerous Gardening"
- 17/06/08 - Briefing from the Centre for crime and justice studies: "A crisis of enforcement: The decriminalisation of death and injury at work " Geoffrey Podger responds
- 13/06/08 - The Scotsman article: "Putting games to the sword"
- 03/06/08: The Scotsman article: "The high human cost of this Scottish Fruit" Dr Paul Stollard, HSE Director Scotland, responds
- 25/05/08: Telegraph article: "Farmers face £6bn bill for asbestos clean up" Geoffrey Podger responds
- 07/05/08: Daily Mail article: "Scouting for leaders"
- 21/04/08: Guardian article: "Ten years on, the echoes of Simon's death are deafening" - Geoffrey Podger, HSE's Chief Executive, responds
- 27/02/08: Times article: "Courtesy can damage your health" - Geoffrey Podger responds
- 22/02/08: The Scotsman article: "Nerves of steel to build here"- Kevin Allars, Head of Chemical Industries Division, responds
- 14/02/08: Daily Express article "It's a pantomime for Clegg" - Judith Hackitt responds
- 11/02/08: Times article: 'Speed of construction is key to choice of nuclear reactors'Mike Weightman, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, responds
- 08/02/08: Daily Peterborough Times article about increasing health and safety regulations, Geoffrey Podger responds
- 06/02/08: Judith Hackitt responds to the Daily Telegraph's coverage of the ongoing red tape saga
- 08/01/08: Geoffrey Podger responds to an article in the Daily Mail about the Army
- 03/01/08: The Independent - "A Year to Change the World"
