Accidents At School - Is It Time For Common Sense To Replace Red Tape?

Changes could be made to prevent so much red tape applying to school trips for children.

The new coalition government is determined to slash the amount of red tape it considers to be an unnecessary part of health and safety legislation and inject a more 'common sense' approach to safety, particularly in environments where children are involved. The new proposal, named 'Common Sense, Common Safety', aims to reduce the amount of paperwork teachers have to complete as part of risk assessments, including the 12-page document needed before a school trip can be organised. They claim that health and safety laws originally designed for dangerous industries are now being applied to everyday jobs and activities that were previously regarded as 'non-hazardous'.



Has H&S gone too far? The general consensus of the report is that, particularly where children are concerned, the health and safety legislation has gone too far. Headline-grabbing reports on how games of Conkers have been banned as a potential health and safety risk or that children are missing out because school trips are just too much hassle to organise due to the amount of 'red tape' involved have all led to the current health and safety legislation being called into question.

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Nick Jervis is a Solicitor (non-practising) and consultant to Edinburgh Solicitor and Personal Injury Specialist Stan Moffat of Moffat and Co.



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