As the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) continues to roll out its new work plan focused on workplace noise, conference delegates will be among the first to hear findings from the initial round of inspections — providing crucial insights into how the plan is being implemented across industries.

The 2025 programme features themed streams covering:

• Moving from awareness to action
• Performance of hearing protection
• Engaging on noise and sound exposure

With expectations for improving hearing conservation increasingly prioritised by regulators and standards-setting bodies, this year’s conference will explore how organisations can go beyond compliance to lead in best practice and innovation.

UKHCA Founder and Director, Clare Forshaw said: “HSE’s ongoing workplace inspections have highlighted systematic failures in many workplaces to control noise. Workplace noise not only leads to hearing loss, but is associated with tinnitus and dementia in later life. .”

“If doing the right thing is not motivation enough, noise-related lawsuits from employees have a very high success rate and even higher price tag. The UKHCA conference is an excellent way to get ahead of these risks, with the country’s leading experts.” added BOHS CEO, Professor Kevin Bampton.

The event will bring together those responsible for managing noise risks, academics developing the evidence base, health professionals, acousticians, regulators, and professional bodies — creating a unique forum for collaboration and knowledge exchange.

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UKHCA Conference 2025 Programme