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Policy Effective health and safety policies contribute to business performance by: - Supporting human resource development; minimising the financial losses with arise from avoidable unplanned events; - Recognising that accidents, ill health and incidents result from failures in management control and are not necessarily the fault of individual employees; - Recognising that the development of a culture supportive of health and safety is necessary to achieve adequate control over risks; - Ensuring a systematic approach to the identification of risk and the allocation of resources to control them; - Supporting quality initiatives aimed at continuous improvement Organising Organisations need to define the responsibilities and relationships which promote a positive health and safety culture and secure implementation and continued development of the health and safety policy. Structures and processes are needed which: - Establish and maintain control within the organisation; - Promote cooperation between individuals, safety representatives and groups so that health and safety becomes a collaborative effort; - Ensure the communication of necessary information throughout the organisation; and - Secure the competence of employees.

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Planning and Implementing Planning is essential for the implementation of health and safety policies. Adequate control of risks can only be achieved through coordinated action by all members of the organisation. An effective planning system for health and safety requires organisations to establish and operate a health and safety management system which: - Controls risks; - Reacts to changing demand; - Sustains a positive health and safety culture.

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