The UK's Health and Safety Executive has long promoted the building of occupational safety and health management systems on a foundation known as POPMAR (Policy, Organization, Planning, Monitoring, Auditing, and Review) but they are now shifting to PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act). I am interested to know is this just a reorganization or is it a radical change and what impact will the change have on industry.
Yes, in Quality Management Systems, a PDCA approach is recommended, and POPMAR can be seen to be "alignable" with PDCA, so the shift does seem natural. As I am not from the UK, I aksed the question because I wondered if the change would bring about the need for big changes by industries, what such changes might be, and what the impact of voluntary and mandatory alterations to documented and implement safety systems would be on the companies.
Hello Marcia
Generally, a typical HSE management system should be based on POPMAR, however, a contemporary approach which is merely a variation to POPMAR is PDCA and should literarily translate to the elements of POPMAR. Therefore, you may need not worry about the change as it is meant to be a seamless transition from POPMAR to PCDA.
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