Health and Safety is more commonly overlooked than it should be Although when starting a new job it is the duty of your employer to make you aware of health and safety, with a legal obligation to do so, this is more than usually done through watching short films about what to do in an emergency and being told where the nearest fire points are, but how many of us would actually know what to do if a situation like those seen in the films happened in real life

“Employment is nature’s physician and is essential for human happiness” Galen, ca 180 AD In 2003/04 30 million working days were lost to illness that were caused by work related issues