Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

You are not alone!

Conference of School etc Health and Safety Advisers/Managers

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

What we are not doing

Telling you about new health and safety legislation and guidance

Telling you what services the corporate Health

and Safety Department can offer

Discussing how the UoE’s health and safety structure can accommodate financially challenging times

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

Today’s purpose - the UoE H&S network

20 people in corporate H&S – split into Units

9 full (or almost full) time H&S Managers/Officers

42 part time School etc. H&S Advisers– Plus more local

23 Radiation Protection Supervisors

20 Biological Safety Officers/Advisers

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

Communication issues

Regular meetings with the full time H&S Managers

Less frequent contact with part time colleagues, other than at audit visits or accident investigations

Some contact between full time H&S Managers and part time colleagues

Desire to ensure that people don’t feel isolated and don’t re-invent the wheel

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

The changing University

Blurring of the borderline between “high risk” and “low risk” areas

Cross-School and even cross-College collaborations

Blurring between scientific disciplines– chemists, physicists, engineers and geoscientists all

doing biological work

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

Importance of communication

Direct route to the Health and Safety Department is always available

Often that route is the first choice option – need to contact the relevant specialist

More inter-communication between colleagues at School etc level can only help

Guard against a two tier system at School etc level and avoid isolation

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

This morning’s programme

Nigel Paul – Director of Corporate Services:– championing health & safety in the University

Lesley Yellowlees – former HoS at Chemistry:– the HoS’s role in health & safety management

Ann Diment – H&S Manager at Biomedical Sciences– role of a full time local health & safety manager/adviser

Debbie Moodie and Ken Vogel – PPLS– role of a part time local health & safety adviser

coffee break

Informatics Forum, 22nd February 2011 Alastair Reid, Director of Health and Safety

This morning’s programme

Joe Brannigan and Caroline Eaton – Estates and Buildings– role of health & safety advisers in a Support Service

Katie Dunlop – HM Inspector, HSE:– the Enforcing Authority’s expectations of us

Angi Lamb and Mike McKeen – Joint Trade Unions– the role of the Trade Unions in health & safety

management within UoE

Lunch/stands