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Policy and Practice in Health and Safety: a new journal

Why a new journal about health and safety? Welcome to the first issue of Policy and Practice in Health and Safety. The editorial policy of the journal starts from the important premise that research and specialist discourse on the work environment should contribute to the understanding of the problems that confront policy-makers, employers and workers alike, and in so doing, seek solutions to these problems. Generally, work environment specialists – whether researchers, practitioners, regulators or policy-makers – have a strong orientation towards a problem-solving approach. However, in today’s world of work, the pace of change is far more rapid than has been experienced in the past and, in undergoing such change, the influence of the wider contexts in which work environment issues are located has become more apparent and significant. Acknowledging these developments further implies the need for approaches that are directed towards improving the work environment, approaches which are more holistic and more integrated with methods that seek to understand a wide range of subjects relevant to maintaining ‘wellbeing at work’ in its broadest sense.