Coronavirus outbreaks in workplaces are nearly at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic but not one company has been prosecuted for a Covid-related breach, official data shows.
By Belinda Liversedge on 19 January 2021
The British Medical Association says it has received sustained reports from female doctors ‘struggling to find respirator masks that pass fit testing’, compromising their safety from coronavirus.
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 January 2021
Workplace safety rules written following the first outbreak in March 2020 are out of date and ill equipped to protect workers from the more infectious strain of Coronavirus, the TUC has warned.
By Belinda Liversedge on 14 January 2021
The vaccines minister says enforcement of social distancing and mask-wearing in supermarkets is a top priority, after the shopworkers union said staff are ‘deeply worried’ about catching Covid-19.
By Belinda Liversedge on 11 January 2021
Unite has called on government and NHS England to set out its strategy for vaccinating all frontline health workers, including security guards and cleaners as well as doctors and nurses.
By Belinda Liversedge on 11 January 2021
The union's research showed infections in the months before Christmas were high in schools, yet government said that teachers were not at an increased risk.
By Belinda Liversedge on 08 January 2021
HSE has dismissed claims it came under ‘political’ pressure to approve Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from a particular contractor for use during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Belinda Liversedge on 01 January 2021
HSE's chief executive Sarah Albon speaks to Safety Management about helping the country get through Covid, and other challenges.
By Belinda Liversedge on 02 January 2021
A new register has launched to encourage environmental health officers to join the fight against Covid-19.
By Belinda Liversedge on 20 November 2020
The Government will legislate to allow local authorities to "compel the immediate closure" of a premise that poses a risk to public health.
By Belinda Liversedge on 25 November 2020
By Belinda Liversedge on 22 September 2020
By Belinda Liversedge on 03 November 2020
