We are committed to working
together on the following four
clear objectives for the health and
safety of Great Britain:
- to reduce the number of
work-related fatalities, injuries
and cases of ill health;
- to gain widespread
commitment and recognition
of what real health and safety
is about;
- to motivate all those in the
health and safety system as to
how they can contribute to an
improved health and safety
performance; and
- to ensure that those who fail in
their health and safety duties
are held to account.
We are committed to delivering
these objectives by working in a
close, effectively-governed,
partnership that achieves the
following aims:
- recognition of the need to
balance local/regional priorities
against national priorities –
achieving the best outcomes for
safer, stronger and healthier
communities;
- effective targeting and use
of resources and funding
towards agreed priorities;
- joint planning, work
programmes and training
ensuring effective interventions
and service delivery methods;
- timely communications and
better sharing of information
between partners;
- working with other regulators
and stakeholders to drive forward
health and safety improvements,
including the health, work and
wellbeing programme;
- co-ordinated enforcement
activity, consistency and
effectiveness, sharing
intelligence, data and
information, delivery of
justice, cross-administrative
boundary working;
- production of advice and
guidance, publicity, campaigns
and communications, best
practice;
- implementation of the ‘Section
18 standard on enforcement’
by March 2011;
- ensuring our views are
represented within liaison,
policy and partnership groups
at local, regional and national
levels; and
- ensuring that information is
provided to politicians, senior
managers and practitioners
on the decisions of such
groups and on their work
as regulators.
