HSE Press Office: Putting the record straight in 2007

Responding to health and safety related articles and reports in the British media. HSC/E also takes an interest when other organisations respond to the media.

• 20.12.07 - No evidence for gas-holder claim: Justin McCracken responds
• 04.12.07 - Chief Executive responds to Daily Express letter regarding Halesowen's Santa Claus
• 22.11.07 - Kevin Allars, Head of Chemical Industries Division responds to a Bradford Telegraph and Argus article: Let's join together in fight for school
• 08.11.07 - Judith Hackitt responds...regarding the "Health and safety taliban" and its (alleged) impact on the police service
• 01.11.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to an article in the Times "Gasholders at the Oval are declared a risk – 127 years on"
• 26.10.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to a letter in Daily Mail
• 25.10.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to a letter in Daily Telegraph "Health and safety rules take the fun out of life
• 22.10.07 - Geoffrey Podger responding to a letter in Nottingham Evening Post under the headline "health and safety killjoys"
• 16.10.07 - Geoffrey Podger responding to a letter in The Times under the headline "Healthily and safely miserable"
• 12.10.07 - HSE Principal Inspector Cheryl Anthony's response to the "Landowner faces prosecution" story in The Scotsman
• 10.09.07 - HSE responds to accusations relating to the multi-fatal explosion at ICL, Maryhill, Glasgow in 2004.
• 28.08.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to article in The Sun regarding HSE stopping early morning exercising on the Newmarket
• 21.08.07 - Roger Nourish responds to an article in Farmers Weekly - "HSE admits to OP dip dangers"
• 17.08.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to Mr Colin Bower's letters to the Nottingham Evening Post
• 17.08.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to Sunday Mirror criticism of HSE study of behaviour at fairgrounds
• 25.07.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to the Racing Post article on HSE banning exercising in the dark in Newmarket
• 22.06.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to "zombie health inspectors" article in The Guardian
• 21.06.07 - Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations responds to an article in The Independent on Sunday
• 06.06.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to “Could you keep the noise down” article in the Evening Standard
• 11.05.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to The Sun regarding "Jury’s 3D shooting" article
• 12.02.07 - HSE's Deputy Chief Executive, Justin McCracken, responds to articles about HSE's accident and incident rate being higher than other industries
• 18.01.07 - Geoffrey Podger responds to various newspapers over recent articles regarding firefighters and stepladders