With a new strike planned by NHS ambulance staff on Monday 6 February, Chris Green, Health, Safety and Environment Partner at legal firm Keoghs LLP, gives advice to employers on managing accidents, injuries and risks given current pressures on NHS and emergency services as well as planned strikes.
By Chris Green, Keoghs LLP on 03 February 2023
The government has expanded daily contact testing with 1,200 new sites across frontline sectors, helping to avoid disruption to crucial services.
By Belinda Liversedge on 28 July 2021
Ambulance workers have protested outside the Department for Health to demand that state pension age be lowered from 68 to 60.
By Belinda Liversedge on 24 July 2019
A recent incident where football fans were caught in a crush at a top flight match in Scotland shows the importance of always heeding the public safety lessons from the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster.
By David Parr, British Safety Council on 02 October 2018
On 9 November 2016, Croydon Tramlink Tram 2551 reached its maximum permitted speed of 80 km/h as it entered the first of three closely-spaced tunnels.
By George Bearfield, visiting professor, University of Huddersfield on 28 September 2018
