Where Next for Health and Safety?

Where Next for Health and Safety? evaluates the levels and types of competences required for the development and implementation of health and safety and is designed to encourage progressive ideas on the subject. Drawing on the authors’ experience working in many areas of safety, combined with extensive interviews with a broad range of industry professionals, the book offers an assessment of current trends and challenges facing the profession, and recommendations that will help to promote all forms of safety in the world of work.

Drawing on industry research as well as numerous real-world examples, the book

• considers how the discipline of health and safety has evolved
• discusses current issues and challenges
• reflects on the future prospects and opportunities for improvement
• highlights the importance of proportionate risk management advocates holistic reasoning, encouraging safety professionals to think beyond legislative requirements
• explores the actual risks in any process as a way to create solutions that are not only safe but also productive.

Where Next for Health and Safety? is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of health and safety, providing a comprehensive and forward-looking analysis. It will be a valuable resource and catalyst for change for all those with a responsibility for health and safety, as well as managers, policymakers, researchers and educators.

David England DipNEBOSH, FIIRSM, FIConstM, RSP is a consultant in safety and risk management.
Dr Andy Painting PhD CEng FSARS FIConstM MIET is founder of Attis Engineering Solutions Ltd.