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Health and Safety Gap Analysis That Finds What Familiarity Hides
For directors and safety leads who need independent visibility of where compliance is strong and where to fix first. Built on the HSE's HSG65 (Successful Health and Safety Management) framework.
What's included in this service
An independent, external review of your entire safety management system - policies, risk assessments, site practices and staff competency - measured against current legislation and the HSE's Plan, Do, Check, Act model. Bespoke to your sector and operations.
What's included in this service
An independent, external review of your entire safety management system - policies, risk assessments, site practices and staff competency - measured against current legislation and the HSE's Plan, Do, Check, Act model. Bespoke to your sector and operations.
Audit every part of your system
Your consultant reviews your policies, risk assessments, safe systems of work and training records against current legal requirements. Then a physical site inspection checks whether what's written down actually happens on the shop floor. You leave with a clear picture of strengths and gaps.
One clear, prioritised action plan
You get a prioritised action plan with every gap ranked by severity, SMART actions, timelines and named owners. Compliance scoring tells you where to focus budget. Legislative reference against every finding. A board-ready executive summary - no 200-page document.
Know who's responsible and what to do next
A 30-minute walkthrough where your consultant talks through the results and answers questions from your leadership team. Annual review cadence built in to catch drift before it becomes an incident. 30 days of email support on implementation.
Blended programmes
Combine on-site and e-learning for maximum impact - theory online, practical on site. Recommended for high-risk environments.
Blended programmes
Combine on-site and e-learning for maximum impact - theory online, practical on site. Recommended for high-risk environments.
Blended programmes
Combine on-site and e-learning for maximum impact - theory online, practical on site. Recommended for high-risk environments.
Two ways to work with Opus
Book a one-off service for a specific need, or take on a partnership for ongoing support. Either way, the work gets done by the same team.
Book a service
For a specific need - a single assessment, audit, or
on-site service with a clear deliverable.
Opus Safety Partnership
Ongoing support and consider-it-done compliance. For businesses that want compliance off their plate, not on their to-do list.
Not sure which fits? Speak to a consultant - no commitment required.
Kellaway
Sector-specific compliance
Builders Merchants
Merchant safety paperwork tends to grow piece by piece until it no longer matches how the yard and counter actually run day to day. Our independent gap analysis measures what's written against what happens, using current law and the HSE's Plan, Do, Check, Act model.
Warehousing & Logistics
Logistics often grows faster than its own systems can keep up, with new sites, shifts and agency labour arriving before the framework catches up. Our gap analysis tests that framework against Plan, Do, Check, Act, right down to the night shift.
Manufacturing & Engineering
In manufacturing, the gap usually sits between a tidy safety manual and the daily pressure to hit output. Our independent review checks your policy, machinery assessments and competency records against current law and the HSE's HSG65 framework.
Garden Centres
Multi-site operators tend to run every location off one head-office system that fits none of them perfectly. Our gap analysis checks whether that central policy actually lands at site level, measured against the Plan, Do, Check, Act model.
Metal Stockholders
Stockholders often have strong operational know-how but lighter paperwork behind it. Our review benchmarks your documentation and competency against current law and HSG65, then shows where to formalise the controls your team already applies in practice.
Childcare & Nurseries
Nurseries answer to the HSE and Ofsted at once, and a system built for one regulator rarely satisfies the other. Our gap analysis reviews your framework against Plan, Do, Check, Act and flags where it meets your EYFS and safeguarding duties.
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Gap Audit?
By the end, you know where compliance is strong, where it's weak, what to fix first, and who owns each action - all in one board-ready report.
Frequently asked questions
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