The HSE Network Podcast

The HSE Network Podcast

The HSE Network Podcast is a health and safety podcast that combines all of the interviews we have conducted with health and safety professionals for your listening pleasure. Discussions range from many different subjects in HSE.

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July 22, 2025 27 mins

In recent years, there’s been growing momentum around the topics of psychological safety and mental health at work, and rightly so. But while progress is being made and attitudes are shifting, the statistics remain sobering. Far more people tragically take their own lives than are lost in workplace accidents.

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr Tim Marsh, a leading voice in safety culture and mental health, to explore how the best o...

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Having a good control of work system in place can lead to multiple efficiencies and save both time and money for your organisation. In this podcast, we sit down with Jarmo Päivä of Elisa IndustrIQ for a discussion around how control of work software can help those in the health and safety management sphere.

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  • What the most common pain points are for HSE managers with physical control of work proce...
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Here we reshare a great podcast from Paul Clark (HSE Network's co-founder) on the Changing Safety Podcast. 

We sit with James to discuss what needs to change in safety, and what the future looks like if we were to unite and work closely together with our common goals. We discuss his thoughts and feelings on what he believes can really make a difference, such as looking outside of industry for solutions and challenge o...

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When we talk about creating safer and healthier workplaces we often realise that a lot of employees are surprised when they learn drug and alcohol testing is an important part of the workforce’s safety.

But this shouldn’t be a surprise, last year just over 1 in 10 adults aged 16-59 reported taking drugs, and for those aged 16-24, it was 1 in 51. We also know the importance of supporting employees' mental health, with 1 in 4 peo...

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 This month on the HSE Network podcast we reflect on the HSE Virtual Series Congress with a fantastic conversation between our old Managing Director and event presenter Elliot Cunnington and CHEP's Director of Health and Safety Vicki Simmons. Vicki gives a candid account of her experience with a nervous breakdown and how she dealt with it.  

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When we talk about Connecting Safety, Health and well-being in the workplace we often realise that a lot of employees are surprised when they learn drug and alcohol testing is an important part of the workforce’s safety.

We would like to solve some mysteries around why drug testing is an important part of occupational health assessments so we sat down with Jane Le Count and Dr Maggie Samuel who both play an important role ...

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Welcome back to the HSE Network Podcast.

Here we re-share a great talk from the HSE Australia Congress with David Irvine. Here David discusses interdependent risks and how to manage them through periods of sustained change and uncertainty.

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Welcome back to the HSE Network Podcast. Here we share another talk from the HSE Global Series Congress which looks at the benefits that can be gained from using micro experimentation within health and safety.


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Many organisations will be familiar with management systems, but do they actually make a difference to end performance?

Here Kate Field of the BSI Group shares her talk from the HSE UK Congress which explores some of the case studies in which EHS management systems have made a real tangible difference to safety performance.

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Welcome back to the HSE Network Podcast. Here we share one of the popular talks from the HSE North American Congress in 2021 which explored the end of the blame and punish era. 

Expect to learn how to build a learn and improve culture, how to coach leaders that encourage that culture,  and how to build learning teams. 

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This week we share another fantastic talk from the HSE Virtual Series which looks at how you and your team can grow as safety professionals.

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Here we share a great talk from the HSE Virtual Series of 2021 which explores ways that you can harmonise your internal EHS processes. 

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This week on the HSE Network podcast we chat with Andy Barker of Paradigm Human Performance, we look at managing contractors from a health and safety perspective, looking at the various areas to keep in mind when it comes to creating and fostering a healthy working relationship with people from different organisations.

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We also look at the term 'contractor' and why it may not ...

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Here we bring a talk from the Diversity Congress that looks at unconscious ignorance, how we can explore our current knowledge limits, insights into honest ignorance and some ideas on how to find resources to further explore this in a safety and HR context.

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Here we sit down once again with Andrew Barratclough of eDriving to discuss the hidden dangers or ignoring driver safety in addition to the big benefits that can get from implementing a strong road safety program.


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Here we explore sustainability and diversity and how we can drive change for the climate through creating a circular economy that priorities both nature and people under realistic goals.

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Here we share a great breakdown of Safety 2 and how we can implement a roadmap that gets people moving from the old view of safety to the new one.

Here we look at the legal aspects of moving from Safety 1 to Safety 2 and some of the best practices for implementing Safety 2.

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 Getting from where you are to where you want to go in health and safety can be challenging, a lot of the time individuals in organisations find themselves overwhelmed with so many different tasks that they struggle to set aside the time to focus on big picture areas, let alone health and safety.

 We at the HSE Network are finding that many people are becoming more aware of the positive impact health and safety can have o...

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Here we bring you access to the opening panel of the HSE UK North Congress. This was a fantastic way to welcome back our in-person events and we are now in a privileged position to be able to bring you the panels through our podcast! 

The panel look at the lack of awards in safety and ask the question of whether more are needed, or whether or not it is appropriate in the industry.

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This week on the HSE Network Podcast we have a sponsored episode from our partners Abbott, an established provider of Workplace Toxicology and Occupational Health Services. 

 Abbott’s Scientific Affairs Manager Dr Eva Reichardt explains the different areas where drug and alcohol testing can aid the well-being of oil and gas workers and how companies can implement good practices in the industry.

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