Health and Safety Consultancy Services

Health and safety law

All organisations must comply with Health and Safety law and failure to conform could result in penalties for your company and even prosecution. Therefore ensuring you receive sound, competent advice on your Health and Safety obligations is critical to your organisation. This is where our health and safety consultancy services can make a difference.

Every employer has a legal duty under The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to have access to competent health and safety advice to assist them to comply with health and safety law.

If your organisation employs 5 or more employees you are required by UK law to have:

If you have less than 5 employees you still have a legal obligation to manage your organisations health and safety.

Consequences

Failure of your organisation to comply with health & safety law you may result in serious consequences such as:

  • Prohibition and improvement notices
  • Prosecution with unlimited fines and jail sentences
  • Damaged reputation
  • Director disqualifications

How can we help?

We offer a range of tailored solutions to assist organisations of all sizes. We can provide cost effective health and safety consultancy services and advice as and when required to assist smaller organisations who are not able to afford a full-time health & safety professional. Please see our annual below.

We can also assist larger organisations by providing independent audits and inspections or by supporting their internal health & safety personnel.

If you take out one of our support contracts we will take on the role of your “competent health & safety advice”. Details of our qualifications and experience can be provided as evidence of competence. This evidence can be used to support tender applications, health and safety questionnaires and applications to national schemes such as CHAS or Safe Contractor.

Seaham Safety Services Limited offer a range of cost effective annual support contracts as part of our health and safety consultancy services with various levels of service to help with all your health and safety needs.

Our support contract starts from just a few hundred pounds an include the following:

  • We will act as your source of competent health and safety advice
  • Unlimited telephone and email support for general advice
  • Monthly newsletter containing health and safety alerts and changes to legislation
  • Initial and mid-term contract meetings
  • Access to document and form templates

Additional options

Health and Safety Policy assistance

We can assist you in compiling a bespoke health and safety policy for your organisation and review your existing policy.

Audits

This option involves looking at your current health and safety management arrangements and systems to identify any breaches of health and safety law or areas where your organisation may need to improve. Your designated adviser will complete a full report with recommendations on how to rectify any actions.

Consultancy

If you require a hands on approach from your adviser for assistance with documentation or general meetings etc. you can choose to bolt on a consultancy package based on an hourly rate. Discounted rates are available based on the number of hours contracted.

Inspections

We can arrange workplace inspections as part of your support package to assist in the identification of health and safety breaches, bad practice and general areas for improvement. You will receive a report with recommended actions to be taken. Discounted rates are available based on the number of inspections contracted.

What do I need to do next?

If you are interested in taking up a support contract please contact us on 0844 225 0575 for further information or to arrange a free consultation with one of our health and safety experts. Alternatively email us info@s-safety.co.uk

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