£15,000 fine over unsafe flue

A landlord has been fined à £15,000 for a breach of health and safety which resulted in his elderly tenant suffering from symptoms similar to those of carbon monoxide poisoning.

New gas register to come under greater HSE control

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has inserted a service concession agreement (SCA) or clause into the contract for the new provider of the gas installer registration scheme preventing it from taking undue commercial advantage from its position .

Alarms could help save lives

Newports Mary Lockyer is raising funds to help buy carbon monoxide detectors for the homes of elderly...

All in day's work for 'wonderful' doctor

A Gp has been honoured for being a true LIVESaver.Dr Simon Topham, of the St James' Surgery, in Louth, saved the life of resident Thelma Coster (61).As reported, she crawled to phone the emergency services after her house filled with poisonous carbon monoxide.

HSE warns: use qualified tradespeople to check your flues after Birmingham man is fined 15,000

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is issuing a warning to the public to have any flued appliance carefully checked and serviced by qualified and competent...

NHS trials remote monitoring of patients

The government today launched a 31m programme to test the effectiveness of remote health monitoring. The pilot scheme - being rolled out across Kent, Cornwall and Newham - will see patients recording their own health information and transmitting it to clinicians electronically, as well as information being...

A COUPLE were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning just weeks after having their chimney removed, an inquest heard yesterday.

Douglas MacDonald, 65, and 48-year-old wife Wendy were discovered slumped in their front room in Caerau, near Maesteg, on July 19 last year. Kelly Ann Bowen, Mrs MacDonalds daughter and Mr MacDonalds stepdaughter, said they had recently had some rendering undertaken on the back wall of their house they..

Gas build-up killed pair at home

Carbon monoxide leakage cannot be detected by the sensesA couple died of carbon monoxide poisoning while they were watching television at home, an inquest in Bridgend has...

Regular HVAC Mechanical Maintenance and Upgrades Save Energy

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Norwegian fire and gas safety company Simtronics ASA posts best-ever Q1 result

Norwegian fire and gas safety company Simtronics ASA (OSE:SIMTRO) issued its first quarter financials on Friday (9 May), posting its fourth consecutive best-ever...