Health & Safety Matters

FPA training information pack

National fire safety
organisation, the Fire
Protection Association, has
released a new Training
Information Pack (TIP) that
offers a ready-made package
for those wishing to deliver
high quality, professional
health an

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Online options

FPA Academy is a new online elearning
resource offering interactive
fire safety training at the click of a
button. It allows companies of all
types and sizes access to a range of
fire safety courses online.

The course

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Online option

The Fire Protection Association’s
(FPA) safety training videos can now
be accessed online with fire-stream.

Available through annual
subscription or weekly access,
www.fire-stream.net is a simple to
use website for st

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Government bans referral fees in bid to tackle “compensation culture”

The Government has announced that it is to tackle rising insurance costs by introducing a ban on referral fees, as part of its commitment to curbing a compensation culture.

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European risk assessment project launched

The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work has launched a risk assessment tool to help Europe’s 20 million micro and small enterprises to improve health & safety for their workers by assessing risks through an easy-to-use and cost-free web application.

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Keeping it real

I was amused and slightly surprised this month when a health & safety specialist who I started to follow on Twitter responded by thanking me for doing so and telling me to: “Big up my bad self for following.” It’s not the kind of language that I often experience during my working day and equally isn’t the kind of language that many would associate with health & safety.

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