Greenstreet Berman have recently been awarded a 3 year contract to evaluate the British Heart Foundation funded Graduate Certificate in Adult Cardiac Catheter Laboratory Practice.
The aim of this evaluation will be to analyse and measure the impact of students’ new knowledge and skills on diagnostic procedures and treatment as a result of completing the Graduate Certification in Adult Cardiac Catheter Laboratory Practice. Specifically the evaluation will assess:

• The change in Cardiac Catheter Lab services as a result of introducing multiskilled workers into a Cardiac Catheter Lab setting;
• The impact on Trusts that have multi-skilled staff as a result of course completion;
• The impact on cardiac patients;
• Improvements in diagnostic procedures and treatment; and
• The impact on students work and careers after they have completed the course.

For more information. contact Paul Leach.

Greenstreet Berman have been commissioned by Communities and Local Government, to review current training and development processes that are implemented across the fire and rescue service. The project will look to:

• Understand and assess the extent to which national and local frameworks and processes are being used effectively and efficiently across the Fire and Rescues Service;
• Examine how the local and national systems are used to establish the training needs; plan, prioritise and organise the training; and support individual planning, assessment and recording;
• Identify good practice for wider dissemination; and
• Identify how current systems and processes can be improved to strengthen training for the future.

For more information. contact Paul Leach.

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has published our statistical report into the effectiveness of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988.  We found that the regulations are saving 54 lives each year and are also preventing 780 injuries and around 1000 fires per year. This equates to cost savings in the region of £140m per annum.

The full report has just been published on the BIS website at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file54041.pdf

Early next year, BIS will be talking to interested stakeholders about how to update and adapt the regulations to take account of new products and processes.

Greenstreet Berman are very pleased to have been awarded a 5-year Framework Agreement with HSE Nuclear Directorate to support their work on Generic Design Assessment in connection with the New Build Programme for Nuclear Power Stations, and other Technical Support Work.

We have been awarded two areas of work � Human Factors, and Management for Safety & QA, and were awarded the Framework against strong competition from all the leading consultancies operating in the nuclear field. We assembled an industry-leading consortium, including Synergy Consultants Ltd and others, to ensure that we can provide HSE with precisely the right skills and experience across this complex area. It also allows us to be able to respond quickly and with suitable resources, given the importance of the New Build programme. We feel this is testament to our track record and capabilities.

For more information, please contact Jon Berman.

Research by Greenstreet Berman and Entec has recently been published that supports a Defra project looking at developing alternative methods of encouraging uptake of flood resistance and resilience, which covers both resistance (keeping water out) and resilience (reducing damage if water does enter a property).

The social research element of the project that was undertaken for Defra by Greenstreet Berman involved a telephone survey of 1,200 businesses and householders split between flooded and non-flooded respondents. The aim of the survey was to assess individuals' attitudes to protection of their premises against flooding, and to identify ways of encouraging uptake.

The Summary Report and two-page Technical Summary are available at

• Summary Report
• Technical Summary

Please click on the link to access a current Press Release which may be of interest to you.
Defra Press Release

For more information, please contact Nina Williams

In 2007-08 Greenstreet Berman Ltd completed an evaluation of scores on the doors schemes for the Food Standards Agency.

The Agency is now seeking views on proposals for establishing a UK-wide 'Scores on the Doors' scheme to provide consumers with information about hygiene standards in food businesses. Click here for more

Copies of our reports can be found at:

Evaluation of Scores on the Doors, Final Main Report for the Food Standards Agency GSB Ref: CL984. Greenstreet Bernam. March 2008. Final Main Report

Evaluation of Scores on the Doors, Appendix, Final Main Report for the Food Standards Agency GSB Ref: CL984. Greenstreet Bernam. March 2008. Appendix

Responses to the FSA are needed by the 15th August 2008

For more information contact Michael Wright on 020 7874 1578.

It is widely recognised that effective workforce involvement can bring many benefits. This is because, amongst other things, it helps to capture and utilise a frequently untapped resource - the considerable knowledge and expertise of workers.

There is considerable research that demonstrates the value in increased workforce involvement but also evidence that it is not always straightforward. There can be many barriers to involvement. For example: cultural issues; perceived complexity of health and safety and the time and resources in takes to involve workers (time away from work).

The advantages of workforce involvement, weighed against the potential pitfalls make a strong case for the provision of practical advice, to help both managers and workers.

Energy Institute commissioned Greenstreet Berman to research this issue, assess current workforce involvement practices and develop relevant and effective guidance. Our report can be found here

Greenstreet Berman helped CLG produce a toolkit for use by the Fire and Rescue Services in developing partnerships with other agencies within the new Local Area Agreement framework. The work drew on the experience of many FRSs and benefited from consultation with FRSs and RGOs as well as our own research. We focused on the process of identifying where the fire service can contribute to shared targets within Local Strategic Partnerships, define measures and set targets.

The toolkit includes examples, benchmarks and tools (four excel sheets) for both setting targets and measuring outcomes. A key concept is that targets are risk based, with more challenging targets defined for areas of greater risk, such as higher rates of fire. The toolkit can be found at CLG Toolkit

For more information contact Michael Wright on 020-7874-1578