Dear Network members

Please see details below of a Government conference 'Improving National Workplace Health and Wellbeing'.  We are informed that there are 3 funded places available for occupational health and if you would be interested in attending please register as detailed below.

I would like to let you know that Occupational Health Department have 3 part funded places on our upcoming event, Improving National Workplace Health and Wellbeing Conference taking place on May 23rd 2019 in Central London. To secure your place click here and enter the discount code WELLBEING upon booking or email me directly on kate.may@governmentevents.co.uk

Sickness absence and worklessness are estimated to have an economic cost to the UK economy of over £100 billion, with 30.7 million working days lost to work-related injuries or ill-health alone in 2017. In addition, 2017 Thriving at Work report, jointly commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Department of Health and Social Care (DoHSC) highlighted the growing number of employees are citing mental health issues as reasons for their sickness absence. The 2018 Health and Well-being at Work Survey, produced by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), found that 86% of respondents reported observing ‘presenteeism’ in their organisation over the last 12 months, whereby an employee works despite being unwell.

As a result, there is a significant impact on the productivity of the workforce, rendering negative consequences on organisations without the appropriate policies and initiatives in place to effectively manage health and wellbeing in the workplace.  The benefits of successful health and wellbeing workplace management are well documented, with the Thriving at Work report concluding that ‘being well is working well’.

Keynote

Selvin Brown MBE, Director of Engagement and Policy, HSE (Health and Safety Executive) (CONFIRMED)

• Detailing the legal expectations of employers in providing suitable health and safety provision
• Understanding how to apply proportionality of health and safety policies in low-risk environments to focus on genuine risks
• Promoting collaborative working across the sector in health and safety to ensure consistent priorities and expectations and allow for pooling of expertise
• Highlighting the key issues across all of the public sectors and sharing lessons from investigations
• Establishing benchmarks to guarantee a minimum standard of health and safety as the sector becomes increasingly devolved and dependent on external contractors

View the full agenda here.

To book your place or for further information, please contact me on  kate.may@governmentevents.co.uk or 0330 0584 285.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Kate May

Head of Marketing

Government Events