Health and Safety in ICT (Information and Communications Technology) is mostly about understanding how to work safely with computers and environments with lots of technology equipment. This can be relevant to industry and also schools. Common hazards are poor postures, incorrect chairs, glare or poor lighting, trip hazards and installation hazards. A DSE ( Display Screen Equipment ) assessment can help here. Further hazards can include cyber bullying and identity theft, which can lead to stress and ill health in some cases. As with most other health and safety, risk assessment is always the starting point.
From October 2025, the First Aid Quality Partnership (FAQP) has confirmed an update to First Aid training with catastrophic bleed control, including the use of improvised tourniquets and wound-packing techniques
As an employer, you are legally required to protect the health, safety, and wellbeing of your employees – and anyone else affected by your work activities
When a property department of a Diocese recognised gaps in their health and safety arrangements, Safewell provided advice, structure and ongoing support.
The HSE is turning its attention to motor vehicle repair businesses to ensure effective measures are in place to protect workers from isocyanate exposure
President of IOSH 2008, Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
I am pleased that you are helping dispel some of the dafter myths that surround OH&S (a passion you and I clearly have in common) and the item clearly indicates that as with so many of our professional colleagues you are not about stopping fun on the pretext of H&S. It is only with the help of people such as yourself that we will eventually get the message across that OH&S is about bringing (as you so aptly put it) purpose and value to peoples lives
