RESOLVED:

i)                To note the contents of the report; particularly noting:

Good progress has been made during 2021/2022 on managing health and safety across the Council.

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

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

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

·       The Health & Safety Team were involved with various aspects of the floods, including advice, support and PPE advice.

·       The team started to resume business as usual activities to a pre-pandemic level as restrictions started to ease. The team had some capacity issues this year due to staff changes from a retirement and also some significant absence issues.

ii)               That the work programme was also noted.