# NXT-HSE > NXT-HSE is a UK health, safety and environmental (HSE) consultancy for businesses and construction teams, led by Dean (more than 20 years in health and safety, from working on the tools to Tier 1 construction environments). Services: monthly health and safety support (HSE retainer), HSE advice, health and safety audits, RAMS, construction phase plans, CHAS and accreditation support, CDM 2015 training, mental health awareness and psychological safety, and accident investigations. Safer people. Stronger tomorrow. To protect people, businesses and the environment through practical, professional and proactive health, safety and environmental solutions. Contact: email dean@nxt-hse.com. Book a call: https://www.nxt-hse.com/book/. Prices: monthly packages Starter £250 a month (up to 3 hours of consultancy a month), Construction £495 a month (up to 6 hours of consultancy a month), Full HSE support £895 a month (up to 12 hours of consultancy a month); prices exclude VAT where applicable. Pay as you go: one-off jobs quoted to scope, no long-term commitment. no monthly fee. Clients keep their legal health and safety duties when they use a consultant; NXT-HSE advises and supports. CHAS and other scheme assessors, not NXT-HSE, decide applications. ## Services - [Health, safety and environmental advice](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/hse-advice/): Clear answers to the questions that come up every week. - [Retained health and safety support](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/hse-retainer/): Health and safety support every month, without a full-time manager. - [Health and safety audits](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/health-and-safety-audits/): See what is working, what is not, and what to fix first. - [Risk assessments and method statements (RAMS)](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/rams/): Site-specific RAMS, written for how the job is really done. - [Construction phase plans (CPP)](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/construction-phase-plans/): A proportionate CDM plan in place before work starts. - [CHAS accreditation support](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/chas-accreditation-support/): Get your policies and evidence ready to apply with confidence. - [Online CDM training](https://www.nxt-hse.com/training/online-cdm-training/): CDM 2015 made clear for clients, designers and site teams. - [Accident and incident investigations](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/accident-investigations/): Find the real causes and set actions to prevent a repeat. - [Mental health and psychological safety](https://www.nxt-hse.com/services/mental-health-and-psychological-safety/): Help your team speak up, spot the signs and get support early. ## Guides - [After an accident: report, investigate, or both?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/riddor-or-accident-investigation/): After a workplace accident you may need to report it under RIDDOR, and you should investigate it. What must be reported, by when, and how to investigate well. - [What goes in a construction phase plan?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/construction-phase-plan/): Who writes the construction phase plan under CDM 2015, when it must be ready, what it should contain and how to keep it proportionate and up to date. - [CDM 2015 duty holders, explained](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/cdm-2015-duty-holders/): Who does what under CDM 2015: clients, principal designers, designers, principal contractors, contractors and workers, and when a project must be notified to HSE. - [How to prepare for a health and safety audit](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/prepare-for-a-health-and-safety-audit/): A practical checklist for a health and safety audit: the scope to agree, the documents to gather, the people to involve and what to do with the findings. - [Psychological safety at work: a practical guide](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/psychological-safety-at-work/): What psychological safety means, why it matters for health and safety, and practical steps to help your team speak up about risks, mistakes and mental health. - [What should RAMS include?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/what-good-rams-include/): What a good risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) includes, why generic RAMS get rejected, and how to make yours site-specific and useful. - [Health and safety law for small businesses: where to start](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/health-and-safety-law-for-small-businesses/): The main health and safety laws for small businesses in Great Britain, what they ask of you, and the basics HSE says every employer should have in place. - [What does "so far as is reasonably practicable" mean?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/what-reasonably-practicable-means/): What "so far as is reasonably practicable" means in health and safety law, how the courts apply it, and how to use it to decide which controls you need. - [Do you need a written health and safety policy?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/do-you-need-a-health-and-safety-policy/): When the law says you must write down your health and safety policy, what its three parts should cover, and how to keep it true to the way your business works. - [Risk assessment: what the law requires, and what it does not](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/risk-assessment-what-the-law-requires/): What the law requires from a risk assessment, when you must write it down, HSE's five steps, and the common myths that waste time without making work safer. - [Competent help: why the law says you need it](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/competent-health-and-safety-help/): Why the law says every employer needs competent health and safety help, what competence means, when to bring in an outside adviser and how to choose one well. - [Directors and managers: what are your personal duties?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/directors-personal-health-and-safety-duties/): What section 37 of the Health and Safety at Work Act means for directors and managers of small firms, and the practical steps HSE recommends for leaders. - [How are health and safety fines decided?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/how-health-and-safety-fines-are-decided/): How courts in England and Wales set health and safety fines: culpability, harm, turnover, prison for individuals, and why prevention costs a small firm less. - [Corporate manslaughter: what do small firms need to know?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/corporate-manslaughter-and-small-firms/): What the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 means for small firms, how it differs from gross negligence manslaughter, and what to do. - [What happens when an HSE inspector calls?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/hse-inspections-notices-and-fee-for-intervention/): What happens when an HSE inspector visits, how improvement and prohibition notices and appeals work, and what Fee for Intervention costs in 2026. - [Why does practical health and safety advice matter?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/why-practical-health-and-safety-advice-matters/): The human and business case for practical health and safety in small firms: HSE figures, insurance, winning work, keeping good people and less paperwork. - [CDM 2015 on small jobs: the questions builders and clients ask](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/cdm-2015-small-builders-and-clients/): How CDM 2015 works on small jobs and home improvements: domestic clients, more than one contractor, what a builder must do, notification and welfare. - [Working at height: the law, ladders and the myths](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/working-at-height-ladders-and-myths/): What the Work at Height Regulations 2005 require, when a ladder is the right choice, how to deal with fragile roofs and when scaffolds must be inspected. - [Asbestos: what to check before you drill](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/asbestos-before-you-drill/): Before you drill, cut or strip out an older building: the duty to manage asbestos, surveys, licensed and non-licensed work, and asbestos awareness training. - [Construction dust and silica: controlling the risk](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/construction-dust-and-silica/): How to control construction dust and silica under COSHH: the exposure limit, water and on-tool extraction, face-fit tested RPE and health surveillance. - [Choosing and managing subcontractors safely](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/choosing-and-managing-subcontractors/): How to check a subcontractor can work safely under CDM 2015 without drowning in paperwork, what SSIP and CHAS prove, and how to coordinate the work. - [Manual handling: the law and what actually works](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/manual-handling-law-and-practice/): What the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 require, how to assess lifting tasks with TILE, and the practical controls that reduce injuries at work. - [Work equipment and lifting: PUWER and LOLER in plain English](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/puwer-and-loler-explained/): What PUWER and LOLER require for work equipment and lifting: suitability, maintenance, inspection, training, planned lifts and thorough examination intervals. - [Training, induction and supervision: what does the law expect?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/training-induction-and-supervision/): What the law expects on health and safety training, site inductions, supervision and young workers, plus toolbox talks and the simple records worth keeping. - [Work-related stress and mental health: what are your duties?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/work-related-stress-and-mental-health/): Your legal duty to assess the risk of work-related stress, how HSE's six Management Standards help, and practical steps for a small firm or site team. - [First aid at work: what does a small business need?](https://www.nxt-hse.com/guides/first-aid-at-work/): What the First-Aid Regulations 1981 require: the needs assessment, appointed persons and first-aiders, first aid kits, remote and lone workers and shared sites. ## Company - [About NXT-HSE](https://www.nxt-hse.com/about/): Mission, vision and values. - [Pricing](https://www.nxt-hse.com/pricing/): Monthly packages from £250 a month, pay as you go, and how one-off jobs are quoted. - [Book a call](https://www.nxt-hse.com/book/): Book a call or site visit by emailing dean@nxt-hse.com. - [Contact](https://www.nxt-hse.com/contact/): Email dean@nxt-hse.com. ## Optional - [Full text](https://www.nxt-hse.com/llms-full.txt): Every service and guide page as plain Markdown.