{"id":1034,"date":"2014-06-18T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T11:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compass.acceler8showcase.co.uk\/?p=1034"},"modified":"2014-06-18T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T11:38:44","slug":"health-and-safety-at-work-act-40th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/health-and-safety-at-work-act-40th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and Safety at Work Act 40th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we prepare to mark the 40th anniversary of the Health and Safety at Work Act this summer, the Daily Telegraph has published an incisive article acknowledging the importance of the Act.<\/p>\n<p>This is an extract from Philip Johnston\u2019s opinion piece:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Health and safety has become synonymous with nanny statism, interfering jobsworths, ludicrous litigation and risk aversion. And yet the Health and Safety at Work Act, which is 40 years old this summer, has arguably saved more lives than any other piece of legislation, including the ban on drink driving or the compulsory wearing of seat belts in cars. It may well have reduced deaths by 5,000 or more.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>You can read\u00a0the article in\u00a0full on the <a id=\"contentContainerhttpwwwtelegraphcouknewsuknewslawandorder10903222Letsflytheflagforthelifesavinghealthandsafetylawhtml2Telegraphwebsite\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/law-and-order\/10903222\/Lets-fly-the-flag-for-the-life-saving-health-and-safety-law.html#2\">Telegraph website <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"link to external website\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/assets\/v4-images\/icons\/external.gif\" \/><\/a><sup>[1]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Produced by Compass Management Solutions Ltd: CITB Training and Health and Safety Consultants Chorley, Lancashire. Courses include NVQ Level 6 Site Management https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/events\/construction-site-nvq-level-6\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we prepare to mark the 40th anniversary of the Health and Safety at Work Act this summer, the Daily Telegraph has published an incisive article acknowledging the importance of the Act. This is an extract from Philip Johnston\u2019s opinion piece:\u00a0 \u2018Health and safety has become synonymous with nanny statism, interfering jobsworths, ludicrous litigation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[140,143,139],"class_list":["post-1034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-fire-risk-assessment-chorley","tag-health-and-safety-consultant-in-chorley","tag-health-and-safety-consultants-chorley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/compass-ms.co.uk\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}