Before a business can assess whether its current health and safety practice is adequate or needs changing, it should be aware of its current position. Every year many thousands of people are affected by injuries or poor health as a result of their work environment, and many of these cases could be avoided through improved health and safety practice.

One of the most effective ways to achieve this is to carry out a compliance audit, to examine the current approach to health and safety management and identify possible areas for improvement. This needn't necessarily be a formal affair; an audit can be as formal or informal as appropriate to suit the company in question. An audit can either be carried out internally or by an external, independent auditor.

There are many benefits to conducting a health and safety audit to verify the current performance compared with national standards and best practice among similar organisations, such as:

- To make sure that the business is compliant with up-to-date health and safety regulation and other applicable codes of practice, and that robust systems are in place to manage risks, protect the workforce and prevent accidents from happening.
- To confirm that adequate systems are in place to monitor compliance and review the management system regularly.
- To ensure that the risk profile of the business is up to date, reflected in the risk management strategy and that a procedure is in place for it to be updated regularly.
- To give the business unbiased information about how effective and efficient its current health and safety management system is.
- To assess whether policies, procedures and responsibilities are clearly set out and readily available to employees, and confirm whether the business provides appropriate training,
- To understand whether there is a positive culture surrounding health and safety within the business and whether policies are being consistently complied with.
- To identify areas of strength and areas where the current system could be improved, and to assist in the development of an action plan to implement those improvements according to best industry practice.
- To ensure that the business is in a strong position to be able to successfully defend itself in the event of a serious incident resulting in a legal claim.
- To assess the current investment in health and safety and identify possible opportunities for the business to achieve better value for money in this area of its operating budget.
- To improve health and safety performance and well being among employees.
- To enhance productivity and reduce rates of employee absenteeism, injuries, accidents and potential cost of litigation.

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