Respect yourself and everyone around you. “Nothing is so important that it cannot be done safely.”

Our 7 key health, safety and wellbeing objectives 2024-2025

1. Audit and Assurance Actions:

Ensure that less than 5% of open actions within the Assure system identified through Proactive Monitoring (audits and inspections) are overdue at any given point in time. These will be monitored by managers and through the EstatesStrategic Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group – 31^st July 2025.

2. Investigation Actions:

Ensure that less than 5% of open actions within the Assure system identified through Reactive Monitoring (incidents, near misses, ill-health, etc.) are overdue at any given point in time. These will be monitored by managers and through the EstatesStrategic Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group – 31^st July 2025.

3. Risks: Ensure that 100% of Risk Assessments are in place for all identified spaces, work activities and equipment that present significant risk. Risk assessments shall be reviewed, where appropriate, following incident/near miss investigation and/or following any significant change to process or activity within agreed timescales. These will be monitored by managers and through the EstatesStrategic Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group – 31^st July 2025.
4. Training: Ensure that 100% of mandatory H&S Training courses H&S Induction, Fire Safety and DSE) are completed by staff. This will be monitored by managers and through the EstatesStrategic Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group – 31^st July 2025.

5.Safe Systems of Work: Ensure that 100% of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are in place that have been identified as outcomes from risk assessments. This will be monitored by managers and through the EstatesStrategic Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group – 31^st July 2025.

That 95% of the staff identified to receive Toolbox talks have had this form of training. This will be monitored by managers and through the EstatesStrategic Health, Safety and Wellbeing Group – 31^st July 2025.

6. Take positive action: Have twice a year health, safety and wellbeing moment as a whole department – 31^stJuly 2025
7. Take positive action: Implement the agreed mental health plan as part of the People strategy, raise awareness to provide enhanced wellbeing support for staff by 31^st July 2025