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Response to Lord Young Review of Health and Safety

Published: 21/07/2010

BOHS welcomed the opportunity to consider and comment upon Lord Young’s governmental review of 'health and safety and the compensation culture' and agrees that this issue is one of growing significance in the public arena which has led to significant loss of confidence in the application of health and safety and its practitioners and regulators. Our response can be read in full here. In summary, we expressed concerns about the balanced application of existing regulations, risk reduction practices and subsequent issue management, and then set out key points on the need to rebalance and refocus around areas representing the highest risk to health and safety, and recommendations for how these might be achieved in practice.

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Presentations from Occupational Hygiene 2010 Annual Conference - now available

Published: 21/06/2010

You can now download the presentations from this year's Annual Conference in Harrogate.

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Latest BOHS Postgraduate Bursary Award

Published: 21/06/2010

We’re delighted to announce that Christina Jackson, studying for an MSc in Occupational & Environmental Health and Safety Management at the University of Portsmouth, is the latest recipient of the BOHS postgraduate bursary to cover one year’s tuition fee.

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BOHS Approved ‘LEV Awareness’ Courses now running

Published: 21/06/2010

Part of our Approved Course Scheme, the BOHS Approved LEV Awareness Course is aimed particularly at employers whose workplaces use or need ventilation systems to protect workers from dusts, fumes and other airborne hazards;

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New OHLearning.com Website hosting international training modules and materials - now live

Published: 21/06/2010

The Occupational Hygiene Training Association (OHTA), a new organisation working under the guidance of the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)

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BOHS stresses importance of competence standards in support of new HSE Strategy

Published: 10/05/2010

We fully support HSE's newly published Strategy and the underlying principles of good health and safety practice which it encompasses. In particular, we welcome the recognition of the need for action to address the continuing toll of ill-health caused by unsatisfactory conditions in the workplace.

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Inhaled Particles X proceedings published

Published: 10/05/2010

The proceedings from Inhaled Particles X conference have now been published by the Journal of Physics: Conference Series. This is an on-line, open-access journal and all articles are permanently available online without charge immediately after publication.

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