- The recent debate in the House of Lords rejected the proposal for accidental prevention minister
- HSE Expert, Steve Terry, explains why it's a huge problem for the United Kingdom
- A new report reveals that half of the employees lack essential training HSE
Accidents remain one of the most preventable tragedies in the United Kingdom, but thousands of lives are lost each year, with tens of thousands of people suffering from serious injuries due to a lack of coherent national action.
Last month, the government published statistics on the safety of the workplace and deaths at the workplace. The report revealed that there had been 124 deaths at the workplace between March 2024-2025.
Steve Terry, managing director of AstatisOne of the main health and safety training providers at work in the United Kingdom urges the government to appoint a dedicated minister for accidental prevention and to adopt a cross strategy.
This call comes after the recent debate of the House of Lords on the Rospa (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) National accident prevention strategy Proposal for a Minister of Accident Prevention, who did not succeed.
While the ministers recognized the magnitude of the problem, the idea of ​​a devoted leader was rejected, and instead, they chose to maintain a fragmentary system barely distributed over several departments.
Steve Terry comments:
“This is an extremely missed and dangerous opportunity. Accident prevention reduces health, construction, transport, housing, education and more. Without leadership clearly at the office level, lives will continue to be lost and families will continue to lose dear beings. Prevention should not simply be an option; It is a national imperative. “
Rospa's recent report Safer lives, stronger nation Exhibited the lack of strategic concentration within the government, emphasizing how the responsibility for accident prevention is diluted between the agencies, leading to gaps, duplication and wasted opportunities.
More than 20.00 lives are lost each year due to accidents in the United Kingdom, and this figure increased by more than 40% in a decade. Not only did accidents cost millions of the day of bed days and nearly 6 billion pounds sterling.
Steve Terry also comments:
“The report identifies a critical problem.
This fragmentation inevitably results in unequal policies, gaps in action, duplication of effort and, ultimately, missed opportunities to save lives. “”
The 10 -year strategy of the health and safety framework shows that progress is possible when coordination exists, but without global leadership, these successes remain limited.
Terry added:
“The human, social and economic costs of accidents come up against billions per year.
Astis also published an apprenticeship report in 2025 to present the results of occupational health and safety. One of the key statistics that the report revealed is that 50% of employees jumped essential training HSE due to time constraints.
For the full report, you can download it here: https://www.astutis.com/astutis-hub/news/learner-report-2025
