...red tape, gold plated regulations, over zealous practitioners? Hmmm perhaps not.

Ron, just thinking aloud.

Ray/Ron I hope he is thinking: 'Why is there no evidence of red tape and gold plated regulations related to health and safety at work? And why is the Daily Mail the main motivator of this Review? Cheers. Nigel

I think there will be some recommendations for minor changes, which in public everyone will welcome, but in privet disparage. It will be heralded as a success by the government and used to show how they helped business. We just have to make the best of what remains. Whatever changes are made will result in new guidance / best practice then training will spring up, which either H&S practitioners may require ( then include in their charges) or business themselves engage in. This will ultimately result in more expense for business. Prof Lofstedt is probably thinking how can I get out of this, without looking a numpty or what possessed him to accept the job in the first place. I’m personally not sure I like the general comment that overzealous H&S practitioners are the problem. Does that include some or all 39,000 IOSH members or just a handful of rouge advisers out there ( to be clear I’m not suggesting that if you are not in IOSH you are a rouge adviser – far from it). It just seems a lot of effort if it is just a few rouge advisers.

I thought you were maybe hedging your bets there...........

Sorry I mixed up my con artists with make-up artists. Gosh that has left me red faced ;0)