Getting started

Good practice in health and safety is good for your business – and it's the law. HSE is here to help – our online advice and tools, and our free, confidential helpline can help save you time and effort getting started.

Free tools and advice

Our Better Business campaign site show why health and safety is good for business, and offers some simple steps and tools to help you get started

Your legal responsibilities tells you what you must do as an employer. Getting started – 10 steps shows you how to do it.

Download a free basic guide for small businesses, including two ready-made templates for a risk assessment and a health and safety policy: An introduction to health and safety [PDF 363KB].

We've organised the HSE website by industry and topic to help you find what's relevant to you: follow the links or use the search tool on our homepage.

Or call the confidential HSE Infoline on 0845 345 0055. See our Ask an Expert page for other ways to get in touch with us.

HSE's Starter Pack

You can buy HSE's ready-made starter pack, which includes:

• ‘Essentials of health and safety at work'
• the health and safety law poster
• accident book

and other useful documents, at a discounted price.