Why Outsource Health and Safety Management?

### The Competence Requirement Under Regulation 7 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, every employer must appoint one or more competent persons to assist with health and safety compliance. ### The Cost Challenge For many SMEs, housing providers and growing businesses, employing a full-time Chartered health and safety professional is cost-prohibitive. Outsourcing provides named access to competent expertise without the overhead. ### What Retained Support Includes * Named consultant * Policy and procedure development * Risk-management support * Audits and inspections * Incident advice * Management meetings and action tracking * Board reporting * Enforcement liaison ### Who Remains Responsible LRMS provides competent professional assistance; ultimate employer and management duties remain with the relevant duty holders. Outsourcing is about access to expertise — not transferring legal responsibility. ### LRMS Approach Our retained packages scale from single-site competent-person cover to portfolio-wide programmes.