Scottish Hazards is an active part of the Alliance for Cancer Prevention. The Alliance has issued a press release in response to new research which fails to recognise the extent and importance of environmental and occupational causes of cancer to to press for action to elimate them. To see the press release, click here
The House of Commons Scottish Affairs Select Committee is conducting a formal inquiry into Health and Safety in Scotland.
The Scottish Hazards Campaign has submitted written evidence to the Committee and asked to present oral evidence to the Committee. To see our written submission, click here.
Families Against Corporate Killers has also submitted evidence. To see this, click here.
The 2011 Scottish Hazards Conference will be held on Thursday, 17 November at the STUC in Glasgow. Please click here for further information and a delegate form.
Following work between NHS Education for Scotland (NES) and the STUC a community of practice has now been set up called “Good Work, Good Health – Vocational Rehabilitation”. This has been designed to allow all those interested in vocational rehabilitation, health professionals, trade unions and other interested parties to share ideas and experiences on vocational rehabilitation but also to learn from each others expertise.
In the run up to the election in May, the Scottish Hazards Campaign has produced a paper putting forward our priorities for action for the Scottish Parliament. This paper has gone to all the political parties and we have asked them to support these priorities and to give us a statement on them.
You can download the paper here. We are asking everyone involved in the Campaign network to use this paper in the run up to the election:
See our page on the International Workers Memorial Day for the latest updates to events being held in Scotland on the 28th April by clicking here
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