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5 Steps to Become a RoSPA Award Winner – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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Thinking of entering the RoSPA Health & Safety Awards for the first time? On the face of it, it can seem quite daunting. “Which part of the organization should I enter? Have we got enough evidence to support the ten key performance questions?” And so on…

After all, there is a lot of hard work involved entering an internationally recognized and highly prestigious reward scheme, so to make life a little easier, we put together this little infographic to show you just how simple it is to start your awards journey.

Journey to a RoSPA Award Info v5

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The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency

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The World Health Organization on Friday declared COVID-19 over as a global health emergency, marking a historic end to devastating chapter of the pandemic that claimed more than 7 million lives worldwide.

The WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern on Jan. 30, 2020, when only 100 cases were reported and the virus had no official name, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a news conference Friday.

More than three years later, the pandemic is finally on a downward trend as the population increases from vaccination and infection.

“This trend has allowed most countries to return to

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Here to help! – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

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Following on from our previous blog, We’re with you every step of the way!, the appetite to help and engage with RoSPA Awards Entrants extends to the whole RoSPA Health & Safety Awards team.

We caught up with two more members of the RoSPA team, Julia Small and Letty Hill, to find out how they are ready and willing to lend a helping hand…

Julia Small
Executive Head of Qualifications, Awards and Events

For over 15 years, Julia has had oversight of RoSPA’s robust award procedures, including the secure online entry system used by nearly 2,000 entrants, judging and verification

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‘Time for One Last Go’

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Drummer Joey Kramer will sit out the tour to “focus his full attention on his family and health,” according to the band

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Aerosmith

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Aerosmith

Aerosmith fans have a final chance to see the iconic rock legends in concert.

On Monday, the four-time Grammy winners and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers confirmed suspicions of their farewell tour, announcing Peace Out — a 40-city North American concert celebrating their monumental career.

“After 50 years, 10 world tours and playing for over 100 million fans, it’s time for one last go,” a release said.

“It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT!”

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Utah student at ‘world class’ boarding school died of sepsis after complaints were ignored: lawyer

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A 17-year-old student at a “therapeutic boarding school” in Utah died of sepsis after school staff ignored her health complaints, according to recent autopsy results and a lawsuit filed on behalf of the deceased student and her family.

Taylor Goodridge died of peritonitis, an infection of abdominal tissue, followed by sepsis, which caused her organs to fail, in December 2022 at Diamond Ranch Academy in Utah.

“It’s something that’s easily treated with antibiotics, especially with a healthy 17-year-old,” attorney Alan W. Mortensen of Mortensen and Miline told Fox News Digital. “The first signs of peritonitis were vomiting and stomach cramps,

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ATMA Submits N500 MDMA Phase II Clinical Trial Application to Health Canada

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Published: Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:30 AM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago

Designed to mirror ATMA’s Health Canada approved N500 Phase II Psilocybin Clinical Trial for frontline healthcare professionals

Calgary, AB, April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – ATMA Journey Centers Inc. (“ATMA”), Canada’s leading psychedelic-assisted therapy training provider, is pleased to announce it has submitted an N500 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) phase II Clinical Trial Application (CTA) to Health Canada, which aims to assess the efficacy of MDMA in treating mental health issues in frontline healthcare workers, as well as to provide subjective documentation of its clinical utility. This

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Taboos and therapists who don’t understand: Mental health struggles are more complicated for BIPOC youth

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Warning: This story contains mentions of self-harm.

The early days of COVID-19 were difficult for Zaid Baig.

Even though he’d felt unhappy long before the pandemic, the 23-year old Carleton University student said he found himself lonelier than ever. Online school felt unreal, he couldn’t see his friends anymore, his daily routine was upended.

“It kind of feels like a BlackMirror episodes,” he remembered.

It all came to a breaking point during the first lockdown.

“The isolation really created this whole idea in my head that things are not going to get better,” he said.

“And because of that, I

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Insiders acquired stock in large numbers last year

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When a single insider purchases stock, it is typically not a major deal. However, when multiple insiders purchase stock, like in ECO Animal Health Group plc’s (LON:EAH) instance, it’s good news for shareholders.

While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we do think it is perfectly logical to keep tabs on what insiders are doing.

View our latest analysis for ECO Animal Health Group

ECO Animal Health Group Insider Transactions Over The Last Year

Over the last year, we can see that the biggest insider purchase was by CFO, Finance Director Christopher

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