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Good management of safety in the working environment represents not only good business practice, but also it can improve both performance of staff and the business generally.

Sadly while complying and keeping in step with approved change is time consuming- particularly given the expansion of the compensation culture - it’s vital to guarantee you aren’t left exposed in the eventuality of an accident or injury in your business.

There is a statuary recommendation which businesses need to be aware of: “It is an employer’s duty to defend the health, safety and welfare of their employees, and other people who might be affected by their business”, and that “the employer must do whatever is reasonably practicable to achieve this.”

Safety Training & Inspection
By outsourcing to specialised health and safety consultants in Kent, you’ll be supplied with bespoke safety awareness coaching and inspections which may be used to promote office safety, leading to an enhanced safety culture for all of your staff.
From shop floor to higher management, specialised coaching courses are tailored to fit your organisation’s wants.
Health and Safety Procedures drawn up and endorsed by Management will help you to be certain that your staff are sufficiently trained and  that they buy-in to the theory that handling risks in the office is about as much their responsibility as yours.

This could further scale back your exposure to accidents in the work place and successive inquiries by the relevant authorities both local and national.

Writing a Health & Safety Policy
Any organisation with 5 or more staff should have a written policy
It should not be a complex document - it only needs to be a brief outline, saying how your business manages safety. If you are thinking about writing a Health & Safety Policy there are a couple of things you’ll have to consider.
Your Policy should obviously set out how you intend to manage Health & Safety, who is responsible and when things must be done.

Writing a policy from scratch isn’t straightforward, especially if you have not written one before and you do not have access to pro consultants.
Consultants will give you good advice about what things should be included as essentials in your policy.
Specialised health and safety consultants in Kent can write policies and management systems for pretty much every industry or business.

Updating an existing Health & Safety Policy
Once a policy has been written it is important that it’s constantly reviewed and updated. This may be done whenever changes happen in the business, legislation changes or at least annually.

If you want help writing a Policy or reviewing one that you have just written, contact specialised health and safety consultants in Kent.