As a society, we frequently fail in our duty of care to people with disabilities, and as a result disabled people are regularly unable to access to all types of public buildings, shops, and transport.

For the purposes of the ‘Help Great Britain Work Well Strategy’, the HSE has split the workplaces of Great Britain into 19 sectors, based on industry type and risk profile.

The HSE has relaunched its stress e-bulletins following on from the release of their new strategy, the focus of which is on working with others to prevent ill health and work related stress.

The European Commission in conjunction with the Netherlands EU Presidency have released a two year Europe wide plan which focuses on the need to promote sustainable work and workplace safety and health. The campaign aims to raise awareness and highlight the importance of good occupational safety and health management and risk prevention – not only at the start of a worker’s career but throughout their working life, tailoring work to individuals’ abilities. The hope is to educate workers and businesses alike to protect the future health of employees up to and beyond retirement age, as well as their organisations’ productivity.