Court Fines Healthcare Provider over Internal Occupational Health Service Failures

UK Ruling: A private healthcare provider has been fined £550,000 and ordered to pay legal costs of over £36,000 at Southwark Crown Court after pleading guilty to breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. According to Pinsent Masons, the case emphasises how failure to manage occupational health issues can result in serious enforcement action, even where no actual injury has occurred.