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Martin Temple, the former chair of manufacturers’ organisation EEF, and major supporter of a commercialised HSE has been appointed head of the he HSE on 1st May in a move which many will see as direct government control of the HSE and its further commercialisation.
The appointment marks a two-way job swap, as former HSE chair Judith Hackitt took on Temple’s former role at the EEF on 4 April.
 Temple brings more than 30 years’ experience in private and public sector roles, including senior positions at the Sheffield Hospital Trust and the 600 Group, an engineering and manufacturing business.
But he is best known in the sector for leading the HSE’s most recent triennial review which made recommendations that the HSE should “explore options for further commercialisation” and seek more innovative ideas to tackle ill health.
Justin Tomlinson, minister for disabled people with responsibility for health and safety, said Temple joins “at a time when the work of the HSE in promoting health and safety among employers is as important as ever”.
Fine words from a minister many see as having no idea about the lives of disabled people in the UK.
Similarly Temple's appointment will be seen by many as the beginnign of the end for the HSE role as enforcer and regulator of health and safety at work, with the fear that it will become purely an advisory agency making money for the treasury.
Whilst the trinennial review did not support the idea of dismantling the HSE, it did promote commcercialisation of the organisation and since then the HSE has begun to lose most of its teeth, according to the opinion of Hazards campaign.
It remains to be seen how this new appointment will be seen by Trade Unions and the health and safety communtiy as a whole.
Source: Unionsafety
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