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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS RoSPA cautions against merging health and safety laws  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has cautioned against merging rules that could mean more people need to seek a personal injury lawyer in Southampton. In its submission to the Loftstedt review of health and safety laws, the charity called for a "broad, evidence-based" approach. RoSPA wants lower-risk small and medium-sized enterprises to be given the option of producing simple health and safety action plans based on the combined safety policy and risk assessment template already offered by the Health and Safety Executive. It also said third-parties could provide mediation services enabling firms to appeal against what they see as over-the-top requirements. Roger Bibbings, RoSPA occupational safety adviser, said: "There may be a case for better regulatory housekeeping, but owners and managers in small firms do not read raw, undigested health and safety law. "What they need is good guidance and above all competent advisers to point them in the right direction." The government has already indicated that it will reduce workplace safety inspections by around a third over the next four years. Meanwhile, the Red Tape Challenge has also seen businesses submit their views on what pieces of health and safety law need to be scrapped or simplified. Posted by Paul Stevens 
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