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UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Annual Science Review 2021

May 2021
Sheila Pantry OBE

HSE is proud to publish this year’s review, COVID-19: Collaboration in a time of crisis.

The 2021 Annual Science Review focuses on how the HSE robust scientific evidence has been supporting the government’s response to the pandemic. We look at HSE’s contribution to the evolving global evidence base and the routes we have used to share that knowledge, including:

Work to support the rapid increase in supply of suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS front line
Biosafety training in relation to COVID-19, including for workers handling bulk quantities of live virus for vaccine research
Enabling additional hand sanitisers to reach the market quickly
Developing an understanding of transmission through computational fluid dynamics simulations.
Supporting and informing the Scientific Advice to Government in Emergencies (SAGE) response to COVID-19

The review also highlights the range of studies HSE scientists are working on to support healthy and safe work in Great Britain, including:

The safe introduction of hydrogen technologies and supporting the UK target to achieve net zero emissions
Assessing the evidence for safe levels of exposure to toxicological hazards
The evidence supporting an award-winning campaign that reduced the risk of Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks
Supporting industry on a commercial basis, such as using our world class experiment facilities to test the heat resistance of components for jet engines

Download the review and learn more about the difference HSE makes through their commitment to science.

Read about HSE Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Andrew Curran’s personal highlights of the review in the press release.

COVID-19: Science and evidence

For further information on HSE’s scientific evidence and research on COVID-19, visit HSE coronavirus webpage.

Research reports

It is HSE policy to make the results of research available, wherever possible. View the latest research reports and science publications.

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