The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has launched the first ever Mental Health Accessible standards, aiming to make services more accessible for people with mental health problems who struggle to make telephone calls, open post or navigate complex online forms.
From Apple Watches to MRI scanning, wearable devices and technological advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming medicine and healthcare. However, the use of AI and, specifically, machine learning raises a fundamental question from a safety point of view: how is it possible to define standards and regulations for system behaviour that might be impossible to guarantee?
How do we help employers from every industry navigate their way through the health and safety landscape? BSI has produced a vital guide, 'A Safe Place to Work: The role of standards in shaping the future of health and safety', that shows you how ISO 45001 is making an impact on mental health, small businesses and companies around the globe.
Police should use facial recognition technology only if they can prove that it will not bring an element of racial or gender bias to operations, an ethics watchdog has warned.
