Our vision for safety in Defence is to establish a world-leading safety culture, eliminate fatalities, and enhance our capability through learning and safe practices.
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Please note the Defence Safety Function was formally referred to as ‘Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP)’. Some documents may still refer to HS&EP as they are being updated.
The Ministry of Defence is acutely aware of the duty of care it owes to its people, the public and the environment and therefore takes its safety obligations extremely seriously.
The Safety Function Owner is the Director General People, who has delegated authority to lead the Function to the Director Defence Safety and Support.
Safety policy documents
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Updates to this page
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2 September 2026
Updated: Defence Safety Function Operating Model (this was previously the MOD Health Safety & Environment Protection Operating Model); webpage title, to reflect change to the name of Directorate of Defence Safety and Support.
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13 May 2024
Updated 'MOD Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) - Operating Model'.
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23 April 2024
Updated: Safety & Environment Profession – Our offer.
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27 February 2024
Updated 'Safety & Environment Profession – Our offer'.
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3 August 2023
Updated page information to reflect change from Health Safety & Environment Protection (HS&EP) to Directorate of Defence Safety (DDS).
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8 February 2023
Updated 'MOD Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) - Our Offer' with the latest version.
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27 June 2022
Added: 'MOD Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) - Our Offer'.
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25 May 2022
Added: Safety leadership guide: how listening and learning are our best defence.
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3 May 2022
Added a 'Related information' section.
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27 October 2021
Updated: MOD Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) Functional Strategy and Infographic.
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11 October 2021
Addition of: HS&EP Operating Model.
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23 September 2021
Addition of 'Vision for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection in Defence'.
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8 December 2020
Added JSP 392 and 418 as reference links on the collection page.
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22 October 2020
Added a link to JSP 375: Management of health and safety in defence.
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31 July 2020
First published.