Lead Member – Councillor S Charmley – Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Corporate and Commercial Support

Report of the Head of Human Resources and Development

Contact: Michele Leith        Tel: 01743 254402

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

The Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Corporate and Commercial Support outlined the report of the Head of Human Resources and Development setting out the Annual Report on Health and Safety Performance for 2017/2018.  In response to a question from a Member regarding percentage of stress related absence the Deputy Leader agreed to supply information on actual figures. 

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