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Articles by Matt Lamy

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Reframe your competency framework vision

Monday 1st March 2021
With three decades of risk management experience, Hugh Maxwell CFIOSH explains how the competency framework can be used to guide both individuals and entire organisations.
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The next stages of Malaysia's health and safety plan

Monday 1st March 2021
Aliasman Morshidi TechIOSH, vice-president of the Malaysian Society for Occupational Safety and Health, explains his role in the exciting developments taking place in Malaysia’s OSH sector.
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Mike Hedges has been London taxi driver for 30 years and more recently became a researcher into air pollution. He tells Matt Lamy why taxi drivers are the first to suffer from poor air quality and what can be done about it.

Driving down air pollution

Friday 13th November 2020
Mike Hedges has been a London taxi driver for 30 years and more recently became a researcher into air pollution.
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John Lacey

John Lacey: a hands-on half century

Thursday 12th November 2020
Former IOSH president John Lacey’s connection with health and safety began in the 1960s and he joined IOSH in 1977. He spoke to our Future Leaders about what’s changed and what has stayed the same.
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Sarah Newton, new chair of the Health and Safety Executive

Exclusive interview: HSE chair Sarah Newton

Thursday 12th November 2020
In an exclusive interview, Sarah Newton, new chair of the UK Health and Safety Executive, explains how she intends to drive safety forward.
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Thinking better: OSH philosophy

Thursday 10th September 2020
Mixing life lessons from the army and fire service with classic philosophy, IOSH Chartered Member Simon Cassin says we should think more deeply about what we want to achieve for our health and wellbeing.
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Case study: Kazakhstan’s national railway

Wednesday 9th September 2020
The safety culture at Kazakhstan’s national railway hadn’t moved on from its time under Soviet control. But in the last year, new HSE director Askhat Sariyev has started to change processes, practices and – most importantly – mindsets.
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International SOS is providing medical services to support an estimated 28,000 construction workers on the mega project – we found out more

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Project: building paradise

Monday 24th August 2020
International SOS is providing medical services to support 28,000 construction workers on the mega project – we found out more.
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Stopping the super-spreaders

Tuesday 7th July 2020
KOSHA president Dr Dooyong Park reveals how the lessons South Korea learned from previous disease outbreaks meant the country was fighting fit.
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