The Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Commercial and Corporate Support presented a report from the Head of Human Resources and Development reviewing the health and safety performance for 2017/2018 of Shropshire Council, and identifying key priorities for 2018/2019.

RESOLVED:

i)       The contents of the report are accepted; particularly noting:

·         Good progress has been made during 2017/2018 on managing health and safety across the Council.

·         Reportable employee accidents to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have increased and minor accidents have decreased compared to last year’s figures.

·         Benchmarking with other Unitary Councils show that Shropshire Council performs well in terms of accident statistics.

·         Service Areas and the Health & Safety Team work well together.

·         The Council continues to maintain a good relationship with the HSE.  

ii)  The Key Actions for 2018/2019 are agreed

      The key actions for Shropshire Council are:

·         The Health and Safety Team to work with Service Areas to produce and implement H&S management systems including policies, procedures and arrangements

·         Development of external contracts with associated Service Level Agreements (SLA) in place.

·         To fulfil contractual monitoring and support to Academies and customers under Service Level Agreements

·         Continue updating and monitoring of Workstation Safety Plus to reduce risks associated with musculoskeletal disorders.

·         Raise awareness of workstation assessments in particular agile working.

·         Continuation of staff wellbeing events throughout the year.

·         Support ‘Leap into Learning’ development for e-learning health and safety awareness courses across service areas.

·         Digital Transformation Programme – support development for the management of accident data and case management arrangements for occupational health.

·         To engage with Service Areas to ensure that health and safety compliance is in place and to review Self-Monitoring Checklist to ensure roll out to Premise and Team Managers     .

·         To continue to implement the Wellbeing Plan and facilitate three themes of Be Active, Be Minded and Be Informed

·         Market and deliver new Defibrillator course that has been developed