Health and Safety Policy Statement Template

Pre-written Health and Safety Policy Template for Small Businesses

This ready-to-use health and safety policy template helps you quickly create a clear written policy document to support health and safety compliance. The single-page document is supplied as a downloadable, editable PDF that includes pre-written health and safety policy content, which you can easily customise and expand to suit your business.

The policy outlines how you will manage health and safety within your organisation and can be used as a standalone document for many small businesses. It helps demonstrate your commitment to health and safety, as well as the steps, arrangements and systems you have in place to support compliance. Once completed, you can use the policy as a clear reference document and share it with employees, contractors or clients when needed.

Who is this Health and Safety Policy suitable for?

This template is suitable for many small businesses, sole traders and small employers who need a simple, practical written policy for recording their health and safety commitments. It provides space for key details such as your business information, responsible person or persons, working arrangements and review period, helping you create a clear policy without starting from a blank page.

 

This Health and Safety Policy Template Includes:

• Business Details
• Pre-written Employer Statement of Intent
• Pre-written Arrangements
• Responsibilities
• First Aid Locations
• Review Period
• Contact Details

 

What are the benefits of a Health and Safety Policy?

Having a written health and safety policy helps show how your business intends to manage workplace safety and communicate key responsibilities. It can support compliance, make health and safety responsibilities easier to understand, and provide a simple reference point for staff, contractors and others who may be affected by your work.

• Supports compliance: Helps you record your approach to managing health and safety responsibilities.

• Clear statement of intent: Sets out your commitment to protecting staff and others affected by your work.

• Clearer responsibilities: Helps make your health and safety responsibilities easier to understand and follow.

• Better communication: Provides a clear document that can be shared with employees where required.

• Consistent approach: Helps keep your health and safety arrangements recorded in one simple place.

• Easy to review: Includes a review period so the policy can be checked and updated when needed.

• Useful for small businesses: Suitable for many small businesses that need a straightforward written health and safety policy.

• Professional presentation: Provides a structured, editable document you can keep with your business records.

 

Complete on a Computer or by Hand

This downloadable health and safety policy is fully editable on a computer. You can open it, complete the relevant sections, save your changes and print a copy if needed. It can also be printed out and filled in by hand. If you're unsure how to do either of these don't worry, clear step-by-step instructions are included.

 

Health and Safety Documents You Will Receive:

• 1 x Pre-filled Health and Safety Policy Template (A4, editable PDF)
• 1 x Blank Health and Safety Policy Template (A4, editable PDF)
• 1 x Completed Example Health and Safety Policy
• 1 x User instructions