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College found guilty over nursery death

2/7/2014

 
I've watched this case with interest, partly because I live near the college but also from a Health and Safety perspective and the more I have heard about the way in which the college undertook audits the more I've been concerned.  Yesterday the Chief Inspector of North Yorkshire Police summed it up by commenting 'Health and safety is more than just a tick box exercise' - alluding no doubt to the 'audit process' which the college had used - that of questionnaires for self completion.  True audit, undertaken by properly qualified auditors, works to identify key issues and to establish proper controls.  It visits locations, talks to staff, looks at how processes are operating, seeks to identify opportunities for improvement.

Robert Smith QC, prosecuting, said there had been a systemic failure by staff and management at the college to impose basic safety procedures.  How dreadfully sad that it should take a young girl's death to bring this to light.  The college has closed it's nursery and says it won't re-open but what about all the other areas of the college - how effectively are they being audited?  What other risks are out there? 











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