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The Health and Safety Executive is marking its 40th anniversary with an appeal for Scottish businesses and self-employed workers to make wellbeing and safety their top priority for the new financial year. The call comes as new figures show that 20 people lost their lives while at work across the country in 2013/14 and 6,871 […]
A formal consultation process is now underway on a new bill designed to re-claim the medical costs of treating people suffering from asbestos related diseases. The bill is backed by Clydeside Action on Asbestos and is being taken forward as a member’s bill at Holyrood by MSP Stuart McMillan. The Recovery of Medical Costs for […]
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has given its response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on imposing a ‘duty of candour’ for healthcare providers, in which it says that medical and social care staff should be open and upfront about medical mistakes. The Government launched a consultation on its statutory duty of candour proposals […]
More than 50 organisations have endorsed a campaign to cut the number of deaths from occupational cancer. The No Time To Lose campaign was launched just over a month ago by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). It calls for a collaboration of Government and employers to take action to cut the number […]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and NFU Scotland have called on farmers to take extra care following the conclusion of a fatal accident inquiry into the tragic death of Lauder farmer, Jim Sharp earlier this year. The 66-year-old died after he became entangled with a sweep auger in a grain silo. The safety message […]
Brake, the road safety charity, has called on drivers to stay sober if driving over the Christmas period to prevent devastating casualties. The call comes as the Association of Chief Police Officers’ and Police Scotland’s annual drink and drug driving enforcement campaign kicks off. The month long campaign sees forces across the UK stepping up […]
The recently published Vale of Leven Hospital Inquiry Report has revealed that 143 patients tested positive for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) at the hospital during the period January 2007 to 31st December 2008, and CDI was a factor in the deaths of 34 of those patients. The report identifies a number of failings, including: The report […]
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has announced that it will be using its latest Occupational Safety and Health Congress to look at how best to reduce the incidence of work-related ill health. RoSPA highlights that ill health is responsible for more than 99% of work-related deaths, 84% of sickness absence and […]
A new law that has been described as bringing about the biggest modernisation of Scotland’s courts in a generation has been given Royal Assent. The Courts Reform Act includes recommendations made by Lord Gill as part of the Scottish Civil Courts Review to improve the structure and operation of the courts, which were described as […]
A Kilmarnock based firm has appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court, where it was fined for safety failings after a worker was crushed to death when a heavy gate came off its hinges and fell onto him. Malcolm Macdonald Kennedy, who was 69, had been working for the firm on a casual basis for around eight […]
Recently released figures have revealed a large rise in the number of deaths from mesothelioma, which is a cause of great concern for the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). In 2012 there were 2,535 deaths from the disease, most of which were caused by past occupational exposure to asbestos the Health and Safety […]
Employers are being urged by road safety charity Brake to play their part in reducing the number of devastating casualties among pedestrians and cyclists. Government figures show that six people are killed and 157 seriously injured every week while walking or cycling, and at least 24% of road deaths and serious injuries involve a vehicle […]
An Ayrshire waste recycling firm has appeared in Kilmarnock Sheriff Court where it was fined for serious safety failings after an agency worker severed his left arm at the shoulder while clearing a conveyor belt blockage. Steven Dawson, who was 28 at the time of the incident, was separating plastic and paper by hand on […]
The Department for Transport has recently published a report giving detailed statistics on road traffic personal injury accidents in 2013. The report reveals that road deaths in 2013 decreased by 2% compared to 2012, to 1,713, which is apparently the lowest figure since national records began in 1926. In addition, the number of people seriously […]
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a new initiative aimed at reducing ill health, death and injury in the construction industry. The month long initiative carries the message ‘Health as well as safety’, and will target poor standards and unsafe work on Britain’s building sites. As part of the campaign, HSE Inspectors will […]
The Irish Injuries Board has given a summary of personal injury claims processed during the first six months of 2014. The Injuries Board is the independent State body in Ireland that makes statutory personal injury awards in respect of motor, employer and public liability accidents. The figures show that over the period, the total compensation […]
A recent study has highlighted the risk factors and consequences for patients of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia, including long term psychological harm. Accidental awareness is one of the most feared complications of general anaesthesia for both patients and anaesthetists, says the report, and occurs when anaesthesia is administered but the patient remains conscious. Patients […]
A woman has been awarded a five figure sum of damages following the death of her mother, who died after receiving “below standard care” at a hospital in North Staffordshire, reports the Daily Mail. Seventy-year-old Sheila Baker was admitted twice to The University Hospital of North Staffordshire with severe stomach pains. On her second visit, […]
An NHS Trust has been fined after it was found likely to have exposed workers to potentially fatal asbestos material for more than a decade at its three hospitals in Hertfordshire. The estates team, whose work is to carry out small repairs and maintenance projects where external contractors are not needed, were not made aware […]
A new partnership has been launched that aims to improve safety on Scotland’s farms and crofts and reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries that occur. According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), almost 80 men, women and children have died and many more have been seriously injured as a result of farming […]