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Jennifer Stevenson
Health Promotion Officer
(Healthy Working Lives)
Health and Work
What’s happening
nationally and locally
Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives
Safe and
Healthy Working
Scottish Centre for
Healthy Working Lives
Joining Up Delivery
NHS
Boards
Local
Authorities
SaHW
SHAW
SBC
Scottish
Centre for
Healthy Working
Lives
Unions
Voluntary
Sector
SAD
DWP
NHS
Health
Scotland
HSE
Occ. Health
Providers
Nationally
• Health Works
• Fit for Work Service
• Fit Note
Health Works
It is essential that employers
understand that investing in the
wellbeing of their workforces is of
fundamental importance to securing
and improving productivity and
profitability.
• A number of national and local actions
Fit for Work Service
To help people to stay in or return to
work more quickly when they
develop a health condition or
impairment
• Employees from SMEs
• Phone based
• Case management
Fit Note
Fit note is the informal name for the
new Statement of Fitness for Work.
• Effective from 6th April 2010
• Employees may need to discuss possible
changes at work with you:
– Working different hours temporarily,
– Doing different duties or tasks, or
– Back pain – avoid heavy lifting
Targetting SMEs
• Targeted to employers from small
and medium sized workplaces
• Phone 0800 019 2211
• Any occupational health and safety
queries
Locally
• Workplace Team
• Respond to Health Works
• Respond to initiatives
Strong Foundations Ayrshire & Arran Workplace Team
•HWL Advisors for the Award:
>> Jennifer Stevenson
>> Verona Rodgers
•HWL Advisor Occupational Health and Safety
>> Susan Gimson
•Workplace Health Promotion Officer
>> Lindsey Murphy
•Personal Secretary for the Workplace Team
>> Pauline Strachan
Local services
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Support with the HWL Award
Training
Policy development
General advice on workplace
health promotion
Tel: 01292 885839
Email: [email protected]