St Helens Chamber Health and Safety Forum

The Chamber’s Health and Safety forum presented another successful event covering the topics of Corporate Manslaughter and the new Smoke Free legislation.

The smoke free legislation will come into effect at 6.am on the 1st July 2006 and Diane Coysh from the Primary Care Trust informed the forum of some of the steps businesses will need to take in order to comply. Assistance is available from the PCT to develop policies as well as smoking cessation support. Click here for the presentation.

David Skews, from EDP Health Safety & Environment Consultants Ltd, gave a very interesting and informative presentation to the forum on emerging details of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill which included a health and safety briefing for Directors. Click here for the presentation

In addition, John Hughes, the Chambers Workers Safety Advisor also gave a presentation on the success of the Challenge Fund to date. Click here for the presentation. Businesses wanting to engage with John can give him a call on 01744 742049.

The next Forum meeting will be held in January and will cover Workplace Stress. Keep an eye on the website for details!

For general information on health and safety and what you should have in place then please click here

If you would like to discuss any of the above topics or would like assistance with your health and safety, please contact our Health and Safety Advisor, Joyce Bennett on 01744 742059