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Starting a business can seem a daunting task, so allow OSI to remove the concern of meeting health & safety legal requirements.

In our experience the majority of small businesses do not comply with legal requirements under the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, as they are unaware of their legal duties and do not have budget to employ a Health & Safety Manager. This can result in severe consequences such as accidents, fines, legal actions and court cases. OSi will ensure you comply with regulations allowing you to focus on running a successful business.

At OSI we don’t just pay lip service to competence, we ensure it when it comes to our work and staff.

First Aid for Mental Health is fully supported by the NHS as a key educational course teaching individuals how to identify, understand and help a person who may be developing a mental health issue. In the same way as we learn physical first aid, mental health first aid teaches you how to recognise those crucial warning signs of mental ill health.

All our instructors are qualified to educator level 3, First Aiders for Mental Health, Mini Medic trained, Trainer qualified to industry standard and qualified to instruct in Mental Health Awareness, First Aid for Mental Health level 2 & 3, Behavioural coaches and have bags of life experience and personnel knowledge.

By not addressing mental health in the workplace, companies are suffering detrimental losses with mental health issues costing employers around 35 billion every year. According to the Centre for Mental Health 21.2bn is in reduced productivity, 10.6bn in sickness absence and 3.1 in staff turnover. However, it is impossible to determine the exact statistics as many mental health issues go unreported.

The Health and Safety Executive also estimate that 20% of all accidents occur due to some form of mental health issue, such as stress, anxiety or mental fatigue. The impacts of these can be significant on health, reputation and financial cost.