News Home page/ News All types {$cat.news$} Blog 5 Feb 2020 Coronavirus outbreak – how prepared is your business to cope with it? The outbreak and rapid spread of coronavirus to near-pandemic proportions highlights the need for businesses to be prepared for the consequences of sudden and high employee absenteeism. Read more 14 Jan 2020 Poison centre consumer-use deadline has been extended The amendment extending the first poison centre deadline by a year making it the 1 January 2021 for consumer use mixtures has now been published. Read more 9 Dec 2019 NCEC welcomes hazmat expert Ed Sullivan The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) is pleased to announce that Ed Sullivan has recently joined the team in a new role as the Hazmat Lead. Read more 9 Dec 2019 NCEC Newsletter – December 2019 Welcome to the final edition of the NCEC newsletter for 2019. In this edition, we're highlighting regulatory changes coming in 2020 and how to continue preparing for Brexit after 31 January. We also introduce the newest member of our growing crisis team and you can find out who will be on the other end of the phone during the festive period. Read more 3 Dec 2019 Providing 24-hour emergency response this festive period You would be forgiven for thinking that providing emergency telephone response on Christmas day will mean that our team will have a quiet shift. In reality, we receive a surprisingly high volume of calls, ranging from festive themed spills to potentially high-consequence industrial chemical emergencies. Read more 3 Dec 2019 How will Brexit impact NCEC? In this article, we outline what NCEC has done to maintain service delivery post Brexit, across the three main business areas of emergency response, regulatory compliance and crisis management. Read more 27 Nov 2019 Assessing your emergency medical and chemical response needs If a person is exposed to your product, will they need immediate hospital treatment? If so, does calling a poison centre help or hinder the treatment for that person? Read more to find what difference does medical and/or chemical response make to someone calling your organisation for help. Read more 8 Oct 2019 Nanomaterials and nanoforms – the new requirements of compliance The 1 January 2020 deadline is looming for the implementation of the amended Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) information requirements for nanomaterials. The characterisation of nanomaterials is key to you understanding your obligations. Read more 14 Aug 2019 NCEC Newsletter – August 2019 Welcome to the August 2019 edition of the NCEC newsletter. We look at the latest emergency response and crisis management, expert articles in the regulatory and training industry, company news and also look at upcoming events and training courses. Read more 5 Aug 2019 Industry lobbies for amendement to Annex VIII Industry have been lobbying for an amendment to Annex VIII and the amendment was discussed at CARACL, where there were no major objections. Read here to find out what this amendement could mean for poison centre notification deadlines. Read more 30 Jul 2019 Gaseous hazards – chemical emergencies and the perils of gases This article discusses the importance of gas detection in relation to identifying the nature and scale of any gas release, and how this applies to chemical incidents. Read more 22 Jul 2019 Q&A with Caroline Raine Caroline Raine gives some advice for companies that need to comply with the new poison centre notification requirements. Read more Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next
5 Feb 2020 Coronavirus outbreak – how prepared is your business to cope with it? The outbreak and rapid spread of coronavirus to near-pandemic proportions highlights the need for businesses to be prepared for the consequences of sudden and high employee absenteeism. Read more
14 Jan 2020 Poison centre consumer-use deadline has been extended The amendment extending the first poison centre deadline by a year making it the 1 January 2021 for consumer use mixtures has now been published. Read more
9 Dec 2019 NCEC welcomes hazmat expert Ed Sullivan The National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC) is pleased to announce that Ed Sullivan has recently joined the team in a new role as the Hazmat Lead. Read more
9 Dec 2019 NCEC Newsletter – December 2019 Welcome to the final edition of the NCEC newsletter for 2019. In this edition, we're highlighting regulatory changes coming in 2020 and how to continue preparing for Brexit after 31 January. We also introduce the newest member of our growing crisis team and you can find out who will be on the other end of the phone during the festive period. Read more
3 Dec 2019 Providing 24-hour emergency response this festive period You would be forgiven for thinking that providing emergency telephone response on Christmas day will mean that our team will have a quiet shift. In reality, we receive a surprisingly high volume of calls, ranging from festive themed spills to potentially high-consequence industrial chemical emergencies. Read more
3 Dec 2019 How will Brexit impact NCEC? In this article, we outline what NCEC has done to maintain service delivery post Brexit, across the three main business areas of emergency response, regulatory compliance and crisis management. Read more
27 Nov 2019 Assessing your emergency medical and chemical response needs If a person is exposed to your product, will they need immediate hospital treatment? If so, does calling a poison centre help or hinder the treatment for that person? Read more to find what difference does medical and/or chemical response make to someone calling your organisation for help. Read more
8 Oct 2019 Nanomaterials and nanoforms – the new requirements of compliance The 1 January 2020 deadline is looming for the implementation of the amended Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals (REACH) information requirements for nanomaterials. The characterisation of nanomaterials is key to you understanding your obligations. Read more
14 Aug 2019 NCEC Newsletter – August 2019 Welcome to the August 2019 edition of the NCEC newsletter. We look at the latest emergency response and crisis management, expert articles in the regulatory and training industry, company news and also look at upcoming events and training courses. Read more
5 Aug 2019 Industry lobbies for amendement to Annex VIII Industry have been lobbying for an amendment to Annex VIII and the amendment was discussed at CARACL, where there were no major objections. Read here to find out what this amendement could mean for poison centre notification deadlines. Read more
30 Jul 2019 Gaseous hazards – chemical emergencies and the perils of gases This article discusses the importance of gas detection in relation to identifying the nature and scale of any gas release, and how this applies to chemical incidents. Read more
22 Jul 2019 Q&A with Caroline Raine Caroline Raine gives some advice for companies that need to comply with the new poison centre notification requirements. Read more