Health & Safety - Useful Links
The following websites provide useful information on specific health and safety related issues:
- www.smokefreeengland.co.uk: This website provides up-to-date information about the new smokfree legislation due to come in force from 1st July 2007.
- www.asd.co.uk: Advance Seating Designs' home page - provides information about office furniture and equipment.
- www.backpain.org: Backcare is a UK Charity which helps people manage and prevent back pain by providing advice, promoting self help, encouraging debate and funding scientific research into better back care.
- www.bbc.co.uk/health/backchat: This BBC Web site gives some general advice to back pain sufferers.
- www.britishsafetycouncil.co.uk: The British Safety Council outlines why it is good business to develop an excellent health and safety reputation.
- www.disability.gov.uk: DfEE Government Site on Disability.
- www.doh.gov.uk: Department of Health Home Page. News and information about the department. Access to publications and advice. Information on Social and Public Health.
- www.fire.org.uk/gateway.htm: Fire Net Web site of the British Fire serve offering a wide range of fire related topics.
- www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm: Health and Safety Executive Home Page.
- www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg163.pdf: HSE Leaflet - 5 Steps to Risk Assessment.
- http://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/risk.htm: HSE Guide to Risk Assessment Requirements.
- www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/stresspk.htm: HSE Guide and Fact Sheets on Work Related Stress.
- www.info4education.com: Technical Indexes: Health and Safety Information including HSE/HSC publications, legislation, guidance, British Standards etc.
- www.iosh.co.uk: IOSH is the professional body for safety and health practitioners. A non profitmaking organisation, IOSH represents over 24,000 individual members.
- www.learninglink.ac.uk/keepfit/index.htm: Display Screen Users Training Course by Learning Link.
- www.meningitis.org: Meningitis Research Foundation: - 13, High Street, Thornbury, Bristol, BS12 2AE. Telephone 01454 281811
- www.openerg.com/dse: Safe Office Practice: Information on Display Screen Equipment including examples of safe/unsafe practices.
- www.riddor.gov.uk: The national centre for reporting accidents at work.
- www.rospa.com: Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents Home Page.
- www.rsi.org.uk: The Repetitive Strain Injury Association Home Page. Includes information on causes, treatment and legal issues.
- www.safestartup.org: You'll find basic information on how to comply with Health, Safety and Environmental regulations for start-up companies and small businesses.
- www.suzylamplugh.org/: The Suzy Lamplugh Trust is the national charity for personal safety. It aims to create a safer society and enable people to live safer lives, providing practical personal safety advice for everyone, everyday, everywhere.
- www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s: The TUC Health and Safety web site provides links to numerous research and conference documents in addition to the normal materials, and has an additional fund of recent cases and claims information.