Annual Reports

Newswire – TUC49% of workplaces in the UK have never been visited by a health & safety inspector, the TUC revealed last week. This is despite evidence that inspection & enforcement activity is the most effective way to ensure that employers comply with health and safety laws.
 
The TUC's biennial survey of safety reps finds that 9% of reps say that the last inspection at their workplace was more than 3 years ago, while a further 15% say it was between 1 & 3 years ago. Only 27% say their workplace has received a visit within the last 12 months.
Press release ~ TUC biennial survey of safety reps 2010
 
HPA: Cases of tuberculosis in the UK have reached 9,040 in 2009 - the highest number in the UK for nearly 30 years while the number of new drug resistant TB cases has nearly doubled in the past 10 years.  The Health Protection Agency's annual TB report (published last week) also shows that the proportion of multi-drug resistant cases of the disease has doubled in the last decade.

Patients may acquire drug resistant disease either as a result of spread of a drug resistant strain from another person or as a result of inappropriate or incomplete treatment.
Press release ~ Tuberculosis in the UK: Annual report on tuberculosis surveillance in the UK 2010 (scroll down) ~ TB Alert ~ TB Data 2010
 
CEOP: The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has received 6,291 reports in the last reporting year, an increase of 880 on the previous year, according to figures published in CEOP’s 2009-2010 Strategic Overview
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Public reports are made overwhelmingly through the ClickCEOP button. This is used by children, young people, parents & carers to access information about online safety and to report instances of sexual abuse, grooming and other problems online.  By clicking on the link, children can also access a range of advice & guidance from organisations such as the NSPCC’s Childline, Beatbullying and GetSafeOnline. 
Press release ~ CEOP’s 2009-2010 Strategic Overview
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