A strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond

The strategy is designed to promote our vision: to see health and safety as a cornerstone of a civilised society and, with that, to achieve a record of workplace health and safety that leads the world.

Drawing on the last 30 years experience and extensive consultations with a wide range of
stakeholders, the strategy sets out a new direction for the health and safety system and the roles of HSC, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and Local Authorities (LAs).

Britain’s record is already commendable, with fatal accidents reduced by over two thirds since the introduction of the landmark Health and Safety at Work etc. Act in 1974, but more needs to be done. 40 million working days were lost to occupational injury and ill health in 2001/02: 33 million days were attributed to ill health. Implementing the strategy should further energise Britain’s approach to improving workplace health and safety for the future.

• A strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond
• Welsh version: A strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond

The strategy was informed by extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders as well as a new literature review of published evidence. In the interests of openness, we are making these reports open to all.

• Review of evidence
• Draft strategy and summary of consultation findings
• Report on stakeholder research

Strategy outputs

• Year 2 report on the Strategy
  From a position 3 years ago of genuine uncertainty about achieving the Revitalising mid-point targets, we are now at a point where we can feel more confident after realising 2 of the targets. The Strategy is beginning to deliver results and remains an integral component of how we go about our work.
• The Workplace Strategy - Moving to Delivery
  A year after launch, HSC chairman Bill Callaghan has written to Minister of Work Jane Kennedy outlining developments in the implementation of the Commission’s Strategy. The report describes the activities that have been undertaken in the past twelve months to embed the strategy into HSE’s work and gives practical examples of how the four strategic themes are being used to achieve targets.
• HSC launches new statement on worker involvement and consultation
  This is the first of the early deliverables from the Health and Safety Commission strategy. The statement sets the agenda and makes the case for getting workers involved in health and safety. It advocates the principles, evidence and measures HSC wants social partners to agree, sign and commit to. This is the first the early deliverables from the strategy.
• Sensible health and safety at work - The regulatory methods used in Great Britain
  This is an account of the approach of the Health & Safety Commission to meet its commitment in the Strategy for Workplace Health and Safety in Great Britain to 2010 and Beyond to develop a clear evidence-based intervention strategy that will help regulators focus on their core business and make the right interventions where they are best placed to reduce workplace injury and ill health.
• Local Authorities and HSE: Joint Vision and Statement of Intent
  This statement sets out LAs/ HSE's commitment to working together.