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URGENT South Cumbria Occupational Health & Safety Group (SCOHSG) is struggling to form a committee to organise meetings and to collaborate with South Cumbria & North Lancashire IOSH Community due to the ill health and retirement of long-term committee members. Therefore

Valerie Kennedy would like to apologise to members that she has been unable to update SCOHSG’s web site since July 2024 due to major problems with her eyesight and a life-threatening illness in August 2024. She hopes to upload the

Thursday 18 May 2023 Venue:    Westmorland suite, Crooklands Hotel, Crooklands. Kendal, LA7 7NW Speaker: Jane Hartman-Jemmett, Senior SHE Business Partner (Elizabeth Line), Transport for London Jane gave members an overview of her career and explained that her workplace experience

South Cumbria Occupational Health and Safety Group’s committee is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a 2021 Safety Group UK Gold Excellence Award in recognition of the support and advice that that they provided for their members during

Long-standing members of SCOHSG and South Cumbria & North Lancashire Branch will be sad to learn that John Westmoreland passed away on 6 May 2021. John was a dedicated committee member of SCOHSG, South Cumbria IOSH District and South Cumbria

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians (FOM) have issued the following guidance for employers managing the return to work of employees suffering from long Covid: FOM Long COVID guidance for managers

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has produced a helpful Covid-19 back to work guide: 7-May-2020 BOHS COVID-19 Return to Work Guidance The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has produced guidance about construction site operating procedures that will help protect construction

HSE has updated much of its guidance to factor in additional precautions that are needed in workplaces and for home workers during the coronavirus outbreak. Their web site is being regularly updated at this time. Current additional guidance includes: Chemical

1.  Why safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is important Children are less visible in their communities during the coronavirus pandemic because their social contact is limited by the Government’s ‘stay at home’ policy. There has been a 40% drop in

1.  Confusion over UK Government Covid-19 guidance for the construction Industry The UK’s Government initial advice for the construction industry can be found at: https://lcrig.org.uk/news/construction-sector-guidance-covid-19-response James Woolgrove, SCOHSG’s Past Chairman, is concerned about the clarity of this advice about essential