Scottish Higher Performers Forum

1. Scottish Higher Performers Forum ‘Influencing health and safety within Scotland’ 1st May 2007

2. Agenda • Introduction • Apologies • SHPF Update • POOSH Scotland • PHASS Update • SCHWL Progress • Scottish Executive ‘Environment and Health’ Strategic Framework discussion paper • Meeting the SHPF Challenge • AoCB

3. Scottish Higher Performer’s Forum • Central proposition • Companies which seek to achieve excellence in health and safety performance represent a considerable reservoir of commitment and expertise which should be channelled to help raise awareness and standards in workplaces throughout Scotland.

4. SHPF Update • Web based • 98 organisations engaged in communication • 8 committed formally to the challenge • Including 24 organisations linked to; • Large Organisation’s Partnership project • Performance Reporting Research • Business Benefits Case Studies • Leadership Case Studies

5. SHPF Update • From: SHPF Community. • With: SHPF Community • POOSH Scotland • PHASS • SELECT • Scotch Whisky Association • Through: RoSPA Journals; Web pages • Safety Groups UK

6. POOSH Scotland • Exists to promote the continuous improvement of the practice of occupational safety and health through education, communication and the encouragement of cooperation between all persons and agencies in the provision of a healthy and safe working environment.

7. Membership • Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in • Occupational Health and Ergonomics • British Occupational Hygiene Society • Division of Occupational Psychology Scotland • Ergonomics Society • Faculty of Occupational Medicine • IOSH • Occupational Health Nurses Forum Scotland • Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland • Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland • Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives • Scottish Chamber of Safety • Society of Occupational Medicine

8. Aims & Objectives • Exchange views knowledge and information • Offer comments on CD’s and national strategies for health and safety • Discuss and develop common initiatives and policies for consideration by PHASS • To promote professional standards and competence among practitioners, including appropriate qualifications and CPD Schemes

9. Mapping OSH Professional Body Activities in Scotland • Guidance , sources of competent advice and how to select • Reference for regulators, service providers and professionals • Encourage and support professionals from related disciplines to broaden range of skills and qualifications • Provoke and generate debate

10. IOSH ‘Think about health and safety’ Supporting MSP’s in their constituencies • Raise profile of health and safety professionals • Practical guidance aimed at protecting people • Office related health and safety • Personal Safety • ‘Basics in practice’ case studies • IOSH with co-operation and assistance of Scottish Parliament and Healthy Working Lives

11. Partnership on Health and Safety in Scotland • Aim: to help implement HSC strategy within the context of Scotland’s economy, its industrial makeup and culture. • Action orientated • Clear focus on health and safety • Co-ordinate action between partner organisations

12. Scottish Executive: Scottish Action Plan on Health & Safety • Promotion of good health and safety practice in Scotland. • Benefits of good health and safety management to Scottish businesses and Scotland’s economy. • Set an example encouraging high standards across public sector • Reduction of burden on health services

13. Scottish Executive: Scottish Action Plan on Health & Safety • Identifies future collaborative actions in pursuit of common goal • To help reduce preventable fatalities, injuries and work-related ill health to employees and to members of the public arising from work activity • PHASS to provide ongoing oversight and guidance on implementation

14. Priority Action Areas • Improved information advice and training to workers and businesses, greater engagement by a range of public, private and voluntary sector bodies. • Improved regulation, investigation, prosecution and sanctioning

15. Of particular interest • 5.7 Publicising Scotland’s professional OHS resources and building new capacity • 7.1 Promotion of Worker Involvement • 7.4 For business by business support • CBI/FSB/SHPF/HWL Award winners to develop a model and programme for business-to-business mentoring • 10. Occupational Road Risk

16. Of particular interest • 13 Investigation and Prosecution • Training conference on the work-related deaths protocol by October 2007 • 14 Sentencing • Research commissioned into possible sentencing anomalies in relation to H&S offences

17. SCHWL Progress • Launch of Healthy Working Lives Awards • Driving forward Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being

18. Environment and Health in Scotland A new approach • Scottish Executive inviting feedback from Key Stakeholders • Links to SHPF Challenge • Opportunity to influence

19. Environment and Health in Scotland A new approach • Are the health priorities correct? • Do you consider that unintentional injuries should be included in the first wave of priorities?

20. Environment and Health in Scotland A new approach • Food for thought • Unintentional injury is one of the main causes of death and is the most common cause of emergency hospital admissions in children aged under 15 in Scotland…. Unintentional injuries are second only to cancers as a cause of death for children aged between 1 and 14 years

21. Meeting the Challenge • Alan Walkinshaw, OKI • David Hall, Scottish Water Solutions

22. RoSPA Key Issues Update • Roger Bibbings • Occupational Safety Adviser

23. Thoughts?

24. AoCB