Safety of citizens
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Are there alternative approaches that build on our regulatory models, which will encourage innovation and further minimise chemical use and regulatory burdens?
- As individuals may have health conditions that interact with exposures in the workplace, what needs to be undertaken to develop understanding of what work- related ill health then looks like in workplaces and support employers in tackling this in a more holistic way?
- To what extent are workers experiencing violence and aggression in their workplaces (with a particular focus on health and social care and customer services)? What affect does this have on the health of workers, particularly in terms of work-related stress, anxiety and depression and what controls can be put in place to reduce these risks?
- How should evidence be utilised to determine the significant changes in the work environment (including new technologies, new materials, changes in work practices and changes in the workforce) that will have an impact on the risks to health and safety? How do these changing risks interact and how can they be mitigated?
- What would happen to casualty trends if there were no policy interventions?
- What evidence is needed to ensure that technological advancements serve to maintain or improve existing levels of safety and health and do not present additional risks (either immediate or latent)?
- How can existing (and ongoing) data sets be linked to provide richer data tounderstand the relationship between exposure to hazards, the effectiveness ofcontrol measures and work-related ill health?
- How can the role that human factors may play in the effective operation or failure of the asset base be effectively understood?
- Building engagement: Are there effective ways to ensure construction workers (particularly in small businesses) are appropriately engaged with and competent in relevant health and safety matters?
- What interventions and workplace controls can employers use to successfully prevent or design out the risk of work-related stress and support good mental health at work?
- Keeping pace with the speed of technological change in the workplace, how will workplace digital technologies maintain or improve existing levels of safety, whilst encouraging the benefits they present both in terms of worker health and safety, and effective regulation?
- What works to effectively manage risk and ensure public protection for individuals convicted of serious violent and sexual offences?
- How can new health risks be identified before they become workplace health problems?
- How to address interactions between safety and security?
- How can agencies work together most effectively to protect the public from offending (and reoffending) of a highly serious or dangerous nature? Under what circumstances do multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) reduce public protection risks?
- How can it be ensured that the health and safety challenges presented by repurposing and decommissioning are appropriately addressed?
- What are cost-effective approaches to promote a sense of safety and school belonging, and ensure attendance and positive behaviour in school, enabling children to be motivated and engaged?
- What is the size and nature of the gig economy? What different models of employment are there, how will this change in different sectors in the future and what are the implications for safety?
- How can the integrity and safety of industrial assets be ensured across their lifecycle?
- How can it be ensured that our regulatory approach accommodates future trends in work demographics, working patterns, new technologies, health hazards and new uses for old substances?
- Real world threat detection and mitigation capability, ensuring minimal impact on privacy rights. This includes the exploitation of more of the electromagnetic spectrum; compressive sensing; connectivity; use of video analytics; the internet of things; wider use of smart technologies including tracking and remote systems; advanced materials; informatics. ###Threats in the stream of commerce (including people, vehicles, freight, parcels; to detect threats to safety, security, economy, health):
- What can be learned from the deployment and scale-up of more mature industries that will help the management of safety outcomes for the emergence of new technologies?
- How can public messaging on transport systems be used to best effect to safeguard transport users following a security incident or natural hazard disruption?
- What impact could wider changes in the built environment, like decarbonisation, have on the pattern of removal of asbestos?
- What methodologies are there to ensure that there is sufficient evidence to support an effective and efficient approach to regulatory policy and risk assessment e.g. for the management of existing, new and emerging health risks from chemicals and to enable the safe and sustainable use of chemicals?
- How can it be ensured, that regulatory reform promotes safe workplace practices and does not introduce or amplify risks?
- Are there significant hazards and risks associated with the deployment and scale-up of new and emerging technologies for Net Zero?
- • What resources are required to ensure the safe and efficient handling of data in education and children’s social care?
- • What are the best ways to ensure that AI and other digital technology are used safely, ethically, and in ways that protect the data and interests of children, our workforce, and bodies? What forms of collaborative working, regulation and enforcement may be appropriate?
- What is the feasibility, benefits and road safety risks of relaxing driving licence regulation and training qualifications so people can drive certain heavy vehicles with less additional testing or professional development?
- What can be learned from the deployment and scale-up of more mature industries (such as planning and consequence modelling) that will help us manage safety outcomes for the emergence of new technologies?
- What statistics does the BSR already have access to across its operations and what is the potential for these to be used to inform regulatory assurance and impact?
- What effect does violence and aggression in the workplace have on the health of workers, particularly in terms of work-related stress, anxiety and depression and what controls can be put in place to reduce these risks?
- What are the new methods of determining and managing risk being developed and what is their potential impact on regulatory assessments carried out for chemicals? How might these new methods be evaluated and introduced into assessments to increase efficiency and effectiveness of that work whilst ensuring maximum benefits to society?
- What are the security risks associated with AI and other digital technology within the educational and children’s social care estates? What is best practice for cyber security in our institutions how can we scale this across the estate?
- How can we ensure that multi-agency responses are coordinated effectively to reduce, and ideally prevent, young people’s exposure to and experience of harm? • How do we ensure that front line staff have access to all the relevant information from across systems and agencies, to ensure effective decision making in provision of support?
- What approaches or innovations are needed to support the efficient and safe handling of data within education and children’s social care settings which leads to better life outcomes?
- Which policies and interventions have the greatest potential to reverse the lack of progress in road casualty reduction since 2010?
- How HSE ensures that duty holders in new industries such as CCUS, hydrogen, alternative liquid fuels and energy storage, design with safety and health considerations in mind?
- How can safety be assured through the AI lifecycle and accountability through complex supply chains be achieved?