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Free Health & Safety Policy (UK)
A general health and safety policy template for UK employers. By law, once you have five or more employees your health and safety policy must be written down, and this gives you the structure to do that: a statement of intent that sets out your commitment, a section on who is responsible for what, and the arrangements that put it into practice. Fill the highlighted boxes in the document control panel, then read through and adjust the wording so it matches how your business actually works and the risks your people actually face. It is a considered starting point rather than legal or safety advice, so line it up with your own risk assessments and take professional advice where you need to. Free to download in editable Word and read-only PDF.
What's included
- A statement of intent setting out your commitment
- Responsibilities: who does what for health and safety
- Arrangements that put the policy into practice
- A document control panel with highlighted fields to complete
How to use it
- Fill the highlighted boxes in the document control panel.
- Read through and adjust the wording to match your business and its risks.
- Line it up with your risk assessments, then adopt and share it.
Free and provided as-is. It is a head start, not professional advice, so always check anything you rely on is correct for your own situation. See the resource terms.