I don't know workplace health and safety laws in England... But here, at least, you can't renounce your right to sue your employer, or receive worker's comp. Even if you do something extremely stupid, like, say... Ride a forklift while it's being lifted from a barge alongside, then lowered into the lower hold of a ship... Your employer is still liable. Unless they can prove beyond any doubt that they took every measures possible to prevent you from getting injured.
So AFAIK, if you get injured in the course of duty, your employer is liable. Even if you signed a waiver.
But I'm no lawyer, and I don't live in the UK.
Etienne
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