health and safety gone mad!?

Question

Do you think h+s is taking everything too far? The latest episode in their meddling and interfering ways has seen a little boy expelled from his school and, not because he was naughty or caused trouble but because he has a NUT ALLERGY! and is a health and safety risk. Can they get anymore stupid?????

source was the radio news this morning shame i can read it was is coming out the radio

the above meant shame i cant read it it was on the radio difficult to type with a puppy biting you lol

Answer 1

This is insantiy at its worst.
The child has enough problems without adding rejection to his list. He means to live as normal a life as possible.
its stupid!

Answer 2

Jack, the more I hear about Health and Safety the more I despair - I would like to know who the heck employs these people, they are unbelievable, it seems fact is stranger than fiction. Yes, they do get more and more stupid.

Edit: I hope H&S cannot trace you, a puppy biting you while sitting typing on a computer might be seen as a safety hazard! (Give your pup a cuddle from me). lol

Edit again, LARRY brilliant answer you deserve a star hun.

Answer 3

I agree entirely with you. The suing culture has gone mad but has been created by cheap and inferior law companies who manipulate an unregulated system. Sue someone and it's cheaper for an insurance company to settle rather than fight it . . . that's the bottom line and propagates further claims and higher insurance premiums. It's a manufactured industry brought over from the US along with "trick or treating" and other imbecilic commercial enterprises to make money. A neighbour of mine claimed £5000 for flood damage when I spilt a jug of water on my floor . . . the insurance company paid it out because it was more expensive to defend it in court . . . unf*cking believable !! Moan as much as you want . . . I'm with you all the way.

Answer 4

Privatization of schools working to minimize cost will lead to these types of changes and worse... But education is just one example of how privatization is hurting lower income people.

Harper's has an excellent article explaining how government is being privatized and this results in weaker infrastructure and a separation by economic status. The poor will suffer most from broken levies, breaking bridges, bad schools, poor health services, and poor police services.

Wealthy people can afford to pay for their own security, schools, private clubs, and health insurance. The poor are losing quality public services because they are being privatized and costs are being squeezed out of everything.

Based upon your income, you either get to live in a green zone or a red zone. Our country seems to be headed in the same direction as exists in Iraq right now. The green zone is protected by a 5 foot thick concrete wall.

Answer 5

Why do people blame Health & Safety?

Surely anyone who understand the situation can work out it's not about poeple trying to nanny us, but fear of being sued.

I have a small business and have to have signs up about a step - not becuase I am being over protecting, but if somebody tripped up and there was no sign warning them, they could sue me for tens of thousands of pounds.

There seems to be the idea that anyone in a school/hospital or even walking down the street loves the idea of tripping over and getting themselves a free holiday. All these rules are abuot the people who have to fork out protecting themselves.

Answer 6

I agree with Mike C and other who have pointed out that H&S is not to blame, but those who interpret it. I have to do regular H&S checks, and we have to take 'reasonable measure' to 'reduce or eliminate' risks, and thus have to mange risks. It is not about eliminating every risk at every turn, it is about acknowledging a risk, and saying 'this is how we are dealing with it'. I am also painfully aware that the insurance compalnies have a very large part to play in this - we can say 'this is how we'll manage this risk' and the insurance company will say 'yeah and this is how much that risk will cost you' - if we don't have the cash, then we can't go ahead.

Answer 7

That's totally off, are you sure? My children's schools have a safety plan implemented for children/staff with such allergies, I think it's great. I however think it is strange how more and more people have nut allergies, maybe the should focus more on why this is happening. For the time being my kids don't mind, they just save that stuff for home and such. Are you sure it wasn't that he brought nuts to school or something? Even that is odd.

Answer 8

I once put a note on the noticeboard at work that according to new Health and Safety regulations, ladders must be secured at the top before they are climbed.

As H & S has gone that silly, no one realised it was a joke for weeks.

Answer 9

Gosh if that is true then that is really scary. Schools, Colleges, Universities and work places should take health and safety a bit more seriously and make sure that cafeterias/Canteens whatever! Labelled food properly. Poor kid!

Answer 10

I don't have an issue with the child's allergy or the "expulsion". I do think it is ridiculous that no teacher can administer an epi-pen. Personally, if it was my child, I wouldn't send my child to school with such a potential risk. Teachers cannot be responsible for the health of their students, but in this case where the remedy is so simple, why not train one to use the pen?

Answer 11

I didn't think they could do that would that not be classed as discrimination.

Its not the only wacky think I have heard a girl has been expelled from school near where I live South London for having highlights put in her here nothing major just blond highlights in already blond hair.