June 2005 - New Website

At the Annual General Meeting on 18th April 2005, it was agreed that the group would change its name to the London Health and Safety Group.

Therefore, during August, the old London Occupational Health, Safety and Hygiene Group website will be extensively redeveloped and relaunched as the  www.londonhealthandsafetygroup.org.

June 2005 - Deluge of Spam

In the past few weeks, we have experienced severe difficulties with malicious email traffic, which obliged us to suspend all the email links on the website. An alternative link has now been re-established and should be used for all enquiries for the present time.  We apologise for any disruption that this may have caused.

16th May 2005 - Worker Participation

The seminar on "Worker Participation in Health and Safety" was a very successful and well attended meeting. As you can see from the photos below.

		The meeting was opened by Sarah Page, who gave the HSE's view on this important topic.
Then Rob Hancock presented the TUC's view on the contribution that can be made by workplace safety representatives. He also drew attention to the effectiveness of their training programmes. Matt Dykes continued the theme with a description of the current arrangements for enhanced liaison with the HSE.
		The question and answer session highlighted the audience's interest in the Australian system for issuing prohibition notices by safety representatives. The TUC is a strong advocate of this system. Whereas, an in-depth study by the HSE has resulted in no immediate plans for introducing similar legislation in this country.
The HSE was given a vote of thanks for their sponsorship of this event. Hence, everyone was able to enjoy the excellent facilities of The Diskus Conference Centre in Transport House.

Further information can be found on the Downloads Page. This includes a  link to the HSE Website where there is a section on "Workers Health & Safety".

18th April 2005 - AGM and HSE Report

On 18th April 2005, we held our Annual General Meeting, chaired by our President Lord Brougham and Vaux CBE. The programme for the meeting also included a presentation by Steve Peckitt of the HSE. His talk was entitled "The Big Picture" and detailed the HSC/HSE Strategy and Public Service Agreement, emphasising the importance of effort where greatest impact could be achieved.

Steve Peckitt, our presenter of "The Big Picture" A copy of the minutes of the Annual General Meeting and Mr Peckitt's presentation may be obtained from the Downloads Page.

4th April2005

Our meeting on 4th April was a great success. In association with our sponsors Ecovert FM and The Diskus, we celebrated our recent success in winning best overall programme in the RoSPA Alan Butler Memorial Awards for Excellence. The keynote address was given by Mike Toner, Associate Director, Head of Risk Management at West Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust, who examined the relationship between clinical governance, risk management and patient safety. The pictures below show some of the highlights of the meeting.

Mike Toner giving his presentation

Members and guests listening to Mike Toner's presentation

Members Peggy Tyler, Ashley Drew and Gordon Hicks at the champagne reception, to celebrate our recent success in the RoSPA Alan Butler Memorial Awards for Excellence

Staff of EcovertFM, our sponsors for the event, with Deputy Chair Edmund Jacobs and speaker Mike Toner. Run your mouse over the faces to see who is who.

Mark Sutcliffe of EcovertFM organises the raffle.

Click here to download the draft minutes of the meeting in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format

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27th January 2005 - Winner of the Alan Butler Award for Excellence

A group of members visited the House of Lords at the invitation of our President Lord Brougham and Vaux CBE.  During the meeting, a presentation was made to the winners of The Alan Butler Awards for Excellence 2004. We received a certificate (and a cheque for £300) for winning the category for Best Overall Programme. Afterwards, the group met at a local hostelry to celebrate.

The Alan Butler Awards for Excellence is a national competition, sponsored by BT, for RoSPA affiliated Safety Groups. For more information about the awards, please visit the RoSPA website.

Secretary, Marion Murphy and Webmaster, Steve Franklin receive the winner's Award from Lord Brougham and Vaux CBE

Members of the group with our President Lord Brougham and Vaux CBE at the House of Lords, following presentation of our certificate.

17th January 2005 - BSI Safety Standards for Swimming Pools

The slide presentation given by Colin McCready on "Safety Standards for Swimming Pools" is available on the Downloads Page.