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<p>The safety and wellbeing of our personnel remains our top priority. Many elements
of our training carry risk, and it is regularly assessed and monitored. The Defence
Safety Authority (DSA) works in tandem with the new Director of Health Safety and
Environmental Protection (D HS&EP), appointed in March 2019, to assist the Permanent
Secretary in discharging his HS&EP responsibilities. Since 2015, the DSA has made
a significant contribution to the development of the Ministry of Defence's Safety
approach, including:</p><p>a. Supporting the introduction of the Defence Safety &
Environmental Committee (DSEC), chaired by the Permanent Secretary, to improve oversight
of the duty of care and risk associated with defence activities;</p><p>b. The establishment,
in 2016, of a pan-domain standardised approach to Duty Holding for managing hazardous
activities that represent a credible and foreseeable Risk to Life. The Duty Holder
role being to balance and reduce the risk to as low as reasonably practicable and
tolerable with due regard to the strategic benefits required from Defence; and</p><p>c.
The publication of new guidance and regulations setting out rules and standards for
Defence HS&EP, in line with the Defence Secretary's Policy Statement for all HS&EP
matters in Defence. These include chapters on the duty holding construct and duty
of care on deployments. Those appropriate for the Gov.uk website are available at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementation-of-defence-policy-for-health-safety-and-environmental-protection-dsa-012</p>
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