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Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
Helping Great Britain Work Well
Philip White
Head of Operational Strategy
HSE
Energy UK Annual Health & Safety Conference 2016
22nd September
Presentation
• The new health &
safety system
strategy
• Industry challenges
• Regulatory issues
New strategy for the GB system
A record to be proud
• One of the safest
working countries in the
world
• Mature system of
regulation, with
experienced and
committed participants
• Together, we can make
the health and safety
system even better
Opportunities & challenges
Success has created many
opportunities but also
challenges:
• It will be stretching to drive
further improvement
• Need to resist temptation to
set disproportionate standards
• Immediacy of safety
challenges has detracted from
effectively tackling health
issues
• A safer, healthier and more
prosperous Great Britain
• A healthy workforce that
feels valued by their
employers
• Reduced public expense
dealing with unnecessary ill
health
• Business sectors boosted by
improved staff retention and
increased productivity
What we all stand to gain
Helping Britain Work Well
HSE’s contribution
• Continue as the prime mover
in the health and safety system
– Develop & maintain
regulatory framework
– Encourage & support action
– Enforce law & provide
justice
Key Sector Challenges
To improve health &
safety in the context of:
• Integration of new
technologies
• Managing ageing
infrastructure and its
decommissioning
• Industry fragmentation
and rapid changes
Specific examples
• Demolition of
redundant plant
– Didcot
– CDM
• Smart Meters
– Scale of challenge
– Industry sharing
Avoiding catastrophe
• Improve corporate risk management
systems
• Knowledge, skills and experience of
safety risk management should be
raised
• Communication and interface
management should be improved
• Competence
• Effective management of temporary
works
• Independent reviews should be
employed
• Learn from experience
Regulatory challenges
• Deregulation
– £10bn savings this
Parliament
• Brexit
– No immediate
consequences for HSE
• Public Spending
– HSE commercial activity
– FFI/cost recovery
Expectations
• Maintain, develop & ensure
all industry relevance of key
infrastructure:
– Powering Improvement
– National HESAC, etc.
• Commit & deliver on strategy
– Exemplar case studies
• Learning from failures
In summary
• Leading performance
on health and safety
• Big challenges ahead
• Embrace strategy &
maintain position
Many thanks
Health and Safety Executive
Health and Safety Executive
#HelpGBWorkWell