PHASS

22 January 2014

PHASS Aims:

Target Scotland’s resources to deliver higher standards of health and safety more effectively;

Co-ordinate effort across devolved and reserved government interests;

Promote the benefits to people, businesses, and Scotland’s economy of working in a safe and healthy environment

Future development of PHASS – some thoughts

Maximise the benefit of the broad partnership that has been established in Scotland; recognise and increase the interconnectedness among all those involved in workplace health and safety;

Develop PHASS’s role in strategic thinking regarding the way forward for workplace H&S in Scotland;

Work toward a close relationship with the Scottish Parliament

Encourage the Scottish Parliament to undertake broad based, regular scrutiny of workplace H&S in Scotland;

Encourage and work with the Scottish Parliament and Government to produce and ongoing Workplace Health and Safety Action Plan

Future development of PHASS – some thoughts

Maximise activity on workplace health and safety in all devolved areas, including:

-public health-occupational health-environmental health -justice-economic development

Bring to PHASS a wider range of outside research/opinion to inform and stimulate debate