Posted By Jane Blunt Dear Ian This is, of course, my own personal view, but I would not like to see it split into sectors or industries. Many (one could argue most) of the principles of H&S are industry-wide: you don't have Manual Handling Regulations - Education, Manual Handling Regulations - shops and Offices, etc. to give a trivial example. When I see an item that is clearly both outside my expertise, and/or is likely to give me no useful input or give me pause for thought (and this is only a minority of the messages) I simply ignore it! When I had the time, I used to go to the Offshore meetings of IOSH. I have never been offshore, and am never likely to work in that industry, but the meetings were almost invariably very relevant and useful. Even when they were not, they were interesting and thought provoking. Regards Jane

Posted By Angela Oakey-Jones Ian, This sounds like a good idea, but I foresee problems for people (like me) who work in sectors which aren't particularly interesting to many of our peers. I work within a Law Enforcement agency - which doesn't get a lot of useful information coming its way! Angela H M Customs & Excise Law Enforcement

Posted By George Wedgwood As a safety manager, I have found the breadth of ideas welcome and whilst I have some sympathy in segregation on occasions (i.e. a potential split into Specialist Group areas for example), I feel some energy would be wasted due to viewers not having a chance to scan all topics on the one page. I have learned a lot of very good tips and techniques, not to mention obtained policies, from completely different sectors! No, in reality, safety management is just that - non-sector specific. A possibility could be that 'Posters' of Threads have the ability to flag their Specialist Group affiliation on the thread, demonstrating the possible area of information or query. Just keep making this a great forum!