The HSA announce the establishment of a Health and Social Care Advisory Committee (HSCAC) with key health and social care stakeholders

24th April 2024

The Board of the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has today, Wednesday 24th April, announced the establishment of a Health and Social Care Advisory Committee (HSCAC), an advisory committee to the Board made up of key stakeholders from across the sector. The HSCAC will provide a forum for those stakeholders to advise and support the Authority in promoting best practice in occupational health and safety in the sector.

On announcing the establishment of this committee Patricia Bryon, Chairperson, HSA, said

“The Board welcomes the establishment of the Health and Social Care Advisory Committee, which will provide a forum for key stakeholders to advise and support the HSA in promoting and advising on best practice in occupational health and safety in this important sector. This collaborative approach has worked well for us with other industry advisory committees including in construction and farming, and the Board look forward to gaining a multilateral perspective where health and safety of workers is paramount.”

On opening the first HSCAC meeting held in April, Co-Chairpersons of the HSCAC, David Hughes and Terry O’Niadh, welcomed members saying;

“We know that safe systems of work can best be achieved where collaboration takes place and workers are represented. There should be buy into the need for constant hazard identification and risk assessment with receptive management. We look forward to working collaboratively with all members of this committee and to bring about improvements to health and safety for all workers in this sector.”

Further details on the Committee is available here.

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