Issue - meetings

The Health & Safety Manager presented a briefing note regarding format changes to the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.  The Council’s Health & Safety Policy format reflected the Health & Safety Executive’s example of 3 separate sections i.e.: Health & Safety Policy Statement (1), Organisation & Responsibilities (2) and Arrangements (3).

Until 2018, the Council’s Policy reflected this format.  The previous post holder had then split each section and filed these separately. Although the Council remained legislatively compliant (as all information could still be provided), the document then existed in a fragmented and uncoordinated format.

The current Health & Safety Manager had refreshed and reunited the three sections into one Policy document.

The benefits of amalgamating the documentation were that it had become easier to locate in one location and it contextualised Health & Safety when reading one complete document and improved the review process.

Beyond any necessary updates (e.g.: a new management structure), there had been only minor textual changes.

Policy reviews would be undertaken in tandem with the Health & Safety Statement review, currently on a biennial timeframe.  The next review would be in September 2025.