Health & Safety

Do you ever stop and think about what you’re breathing in...
Airborne particles are directly inhaled. Breathing is a native instinct. So, the necessity of understanding whether the air contains harmful contaminants is very important and often overlooked. One of the biggest unseen airborne dangers we need to consider is mould. When mould spores are airborne, they transform into an invisible enemy that may not have […]

Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire Stage Search and Rescue Training Exercise on our...
Members of Lowland Rescue Oxfordshire carried out a major missing person training exercise on our Estate.

£30m for Oxford scientists to rewrite DNA to cure killer heart...
An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the prime of their lives could be available within a few years, after an international team of researchers were announced as the winners of the British Heart Foundation’s Big Beat Challenge.

OneWISH virtual event for International Women’s Day
OneWISH for IWD – Break the Bias When: Tuesday 8th March 2022 – 10am – 3pmWhere: Zoom virtual event.How: Sign up here OneWISH is working to break biases in the field of H&S, and we agree with IWD when they say that “whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists […]

Wellbeing Digest #3
Featuring health & wellbeing stories from The Wellbeing Generation, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Target PR and more.

OxLEP and TheHill urging SMEs to seize health and care collaboration...
A drive to help small businesses make the most of their research collaborations has been launched by OxLEP, Oxfordshire’s local enterprise partnership and TheHill, the innovation centre at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Home security and insurance
Helping you protect against the old and new threats to your world

Councillors to scrutinise services that radically improve safeguarding outcomes for children...
Oxfordshire county councillors are to scrutinise services that radically improve safeguarding outcomes for children and their families, and that are also designed to reduce demands and costs for the council, at the People Overview and Scrutiny Committee at County Hall on Thursday 11 November.

Louise Hosking commences her IOSH presidency
Risk management specialist and leader, Louise Hosking, commenced the Presidency with the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) following the AGM on 16th November 2021. In the year that lies ahead her focus will be on People, Sustainability and Putting the Heart into Health & Safety. Louise comments: “My year as IOSH President […]

Fleet Podcasts: Real insights into the hazards of driving for work
The distractions of hands-free phone use, managing a grey fleet of 5000 plus complex other transport needs, and the rights and wrongs of van safety use – all are the subjects of a series of fascinating 30-minute podcasts now available from National Highways Driving for Better Business (DfBB).

Office Germs Reduced by 78% in Independent Test
A trial of one of the UK’s leading brands of air sanitisation systems in an office environment, has been found to reduce harmful bacteria and airborne pathogens by 78%.

Sustainable life away from home
Today, people spend more and more of their time in environments away from home – in workplaces, hotels, schools, restaurants and airports. This means that the demand for solutions to make life away from home more sustainable increases.

The Great Return to Work: Tips for Safe and Secure Post-Pandemic...
As rush hour traffic returns to pre-pandemic levels and bosses call time on working from home, Stockport-based and photo ID card specialists Digital ID share a handful of expert tips to help formulate your plan, ease re-entry anxiety and safely manage employees and visitors on their return to the workplace.

Carousel Buses launch digital service for passengers to calculate CO2 savings...
Carousel Buses has launched a digital service that enables passengers to work out how much CO2 they save when travelling by bus, compared to driving.