Assessment
How applications will be judged
Charter Marks will be awarded as a result of professional, administrative adjudication under the supervision of an independent, expert Adjudication Panel which is a sub-committee of the Healthy Orchestra Charter Steering Group. The current Panel comprises a range of highly experienced health and safety professionals, including representatives from the
British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM).
The judging process for the Charter Marks is undertaken by the Healthy Orchestra Charter team and consultants, beginning with an administrative ‘sift’ to ensure that required information has been supplied and to make notes for feedback, as necessary. Applicants may receive telephone follow-up at any stage after submitting an application form, including potential requests for additional information, if required by the assessors.
The Panel collectively decides at regular meetings to accept or reject an application for an award. Site visits for Silver Awards will be made by one Panel member, who reports back to the full Panel at the next meeting with a recommendation to either accept or reject the application. The panel then again takes a collective decision on the success or failure of the application.
Judging criteria
In deciding whether to award a Charter Mark to an applicant, the Adjudication Panel will take account of a range of performance indicators. These include measures of occupational health and safety management input, such as the level of development of health and safety management systems and culture, and output, such as consistent application of risk control measures.
Adjudication Panel
Dr. Jennifer R Lisle MSc MBBS FFPH
Qualified in medicine at University College London Medical School, followed by specialist qualifications with the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK.
Jenny worked initially in the NHS, then as an independent consultant in public health for 25 years, specialising in the health and wellbeing of people at work including musicians. Collaborative research and projects have included assessing risk in the work environment, employee mental health, work/life balance issues and development of occupational health services.
Honorary physician to BAPAM and a former orchestra medical adviser, she currently serves on Council RSM Occupational Medicine Section, Council of the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and on the Education committee of the Medical Council on Alcohol.
Dr. Penny Wright MA(Cantab) MBBS MRCGP
Penny's background is in NHS General Practice, including working for many years in the East End of London. She is Honorary Physician to, and Honorary Medical Director of, the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine. She is an amateur singer and cellist.
Malcolm Warne Holland
Malcolm worked as a professional trombone player for 20 years, principally full-time with the BSO, before moving into orchestra management. He held senior positions with BBC Philharmonic, Opera North, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and BSO. For eight years he was a board member of the ABO. Since retiring from full-time management Malcolm is doing freelance work and conducts an amateur orchestra in the New Forest where he lives.