-
Asbestos risk awareness should be part of NHS staff training, new study recommends
Awareness of asbestos risk and the possibility of a mesothelioma diagnosis should be added to the mandatory training for new NHS staff, given that asbestos is present in many hospital buildings, a report has recommended….
-
NHS Trust sentenced following employee and contractor asbestos exposure during refurbishment work
An NHS trust has been fined £16,000 over failures surrounding the discovery of asbestos at one of its hospitals…
-
Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team awarded grant by Heritage Lottery Fund to record role of asbestos in our 20th century industrial heritage
DAST want to raise the profile of this aspect of our history, ensuring greater awareness of asbestos use and the fact that it is still part of the fabric of our country…
-
Mother’s lasting legacy to help asbestos sufferers years after her death
A doctor who contracted mesothelioma is leaving a lasting legacy for fellow asbestos sufferers more than four years after her death…
-
Daily Record reveals over 200 hospitals across Scotland containing killer asbestos
The Daily Record has published a list of the facilities across Scotland which contain asbestos – you can read it here…
-
New drug cure hopes for asbestos cancer
A revolutionary vaccine has been shown to beat one of the world’s deadliest cancers linked to asbestos, the Daily Express has reported. In a trial 94 per cent of mesothelioma patients responded to the drug which is designed to harness the body’s own immune system to fight the disease. Dr Raffit Hassan, world leading expert on
-
Timebomb of asbestos-related disease waiting to explode as builders fall victim to deadly effects
A timebomb of asbestos-related disease is waiting to explode as builders fall victim to its deadly effects, a campaigner said yesterday. Ian McConaghy has suffered from asbestosis for 15 years as a result of a career working with ships including those supplying Royal Navy vessels…
News by category:
- Air Testing (34)
- Asbestos (101)
- Asbestos Management (193)
- Cancer (149)
- Community (7)
- Compliance (8)
- Construction (9)
- CoronaVirus (1)
- COVID-19 (2)
- Education (78)
- EMS (1)
- Fire Safety (2)
- Healthcare (14)
- HSE (106)
- Inspectas (19)
- Ireland (4)
- Legal (110)
- North East (9)
- Northern Ireland (1)
- Safety (157)
- Scotland (28)
- Trades (80)
- Training (12)
- UKAS (5)
- UKATA (7)
- Uncategorised (69)
- Vacancies (2)
- Wales (14)