Downloads and Tools

Improving health and work: changing lives – the Government’s Response to Dame Carol Black’s Review of the health of Britain’s working age population was tabled in parliament on 25 November 2008.

Improving health and work: changing lives (file size = 1.9 MB)

Large print version (file size = 692 Kb)

Welsh translation of executive summary (file size = 468 Kb)

Working for a healthier tomorrow – the first ever review of the health of working age people, was presented to the Secretaries of State for Health and for Work and Pensions, Alan Johnson and James Purnell on 17^th March 2008.

Working for a healthier tomorrow (file size = 2.4 MB)

Summary of evidence submitted – summarises over 260 responses received as part of the Call for Evidence supporting the review. Responses were invited through this site and supplemented by facilitated discussion events held around Britain, together with local partners.

Summary of the evidence submitted (file size = 528 Kb)

Discussion event summaries – contain the main views expressed during six discussion events held in November 2007. Health practitioners and businesses met with Government in Sheffield, Cardiff, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and Nottingham to help identify ways to improve people’s health and help more people who develop health problems to remain in or quickly return to work.

Sheffield Summary - 9 November 2007 (file size = 620 Kb)

Cardiff Summary - 12 November 2007 (file size = 592 Kb)

Birmingham Summary - 14 November 2007 (file size = 624 Kb)

Edinburgh Summary - 16 November 2007 (file size = 616 Kb)

Manchester Summary - 22 November 2007 (file size = 616 Kb)

Nottingham Summary - 26 November 2007 (file size = 604 Kb)

The PricewaterhouseCoopers report – considers the wider business and economic case for employers to invest in staff wellness programmes.

Building the Case for Wellness (file size = 596 Kb)

The Royal College of Psychiatrists report – reviews the evidence of mental health and work.

Mental Health and Work (file size = 344 Kb)

Peninsula Medical School report – undertakes a literature review of the evidence base for early intervention in sickness absence.

Avoiding long-term incapacity for work: Developing an early intervention in primary care (file size = 1.9 MB)

Gweithio i sicrhau dyfodol iachach - Crynodeb Gweithredol
An Executive Summary of Working for a healthier tomorrow in Welsh.

Welsh Executive Summary (file size = 267 Kb)

Advising Patients About Work - a flyer with evidence for GPs to consider when advising patients about work.

Advising Patients About Work PDF (file size = 165 KB)

Advising Patients About Work - Leaflet - Based on the body of evidence showing the links between health and work, this leaflet contains things for GPs to consider when advising patients about work.

Health & Work GP leaflet PDF (file size = 212 KB)

Common mental health problems: Supporting school staff by taking positive action - Advice, strategies and solutions for governing bodies, employers, line managers, teachers and school staff on how to deal positively with common mental health problems among teachers.

Common mental health problems PDF (file size = 1.5 MB)

Concepts of rehabilitation for the management of common health problems - This paper attempts to develop an intellectual framework for policy making, research and development.

Concepts of rehabilitation PDF (file size = 607 KB)

Decision making framework - to support line managers and staff returning to work, working longer and working healthier in the NHS.

www.nhsemployers.org

Delivery framework for adult rehabilitation in Scotland - to help develop a strategic and local co-ordination of rehabilitation services

www.scotland.gov.uk

Employers' guide to creating a healthy workplace

www.som.org.uk
www.fph.org.uk

Free leaflets on health and safety topics

www.hse.gov.uk

Health & Work - a booklet for workers/patients offering information on work and health, and providing practical advice on how they can contribute to their return to work plan. It is available in booklet format from The Stationery Office.

Health and well-being Good Practice Database - published September 2007, providing an evidence-based approach to health and work issues for General Practitioners and other healthcare professionals.

www.investorsinpeople.co.uk

Health and well-being Self Check Tool - to help you monitor and improve your approach to keeping your people healthy and well.

www.investorsinpeople.co.uk

Health and safety performance indicator - to help small and medium sized businesses assess and improve their health and safety practices.

www.businesslink.gov.uk

Health and safety performance index - to help organisations with more than 250 employees assess and improve their health and safety practices.

www.chaspi.info-exchange.com

The Health Work and well-being Strategy - published October 2005 to improve the health and well-being of working age people.

The Health Work and well-being Strategy PDF (file size = 236 KB)

Healthcare Professionals’ Consensus Statement - A ground-breaking agreement signed on 5th March 2008 at the Royal College of General Practitioners in London by senior representatives of more than 30 healthcare professional bodies. The statement pledges that signatories will do all they can to help people enter, stay in or return to work, where appropriate, because it is often in the patients’ best interests.

Healthcare Professionals’ Consensus Statement PDF (file size = 46 KB)

Is work good for your health and well-being? - The ground-breaking 2006 evidence review which collates and evaluates evidence on this question.

Is work good for your health and well-being?" PDF (file size = 1.4 MB)

Leading health and safety at work - leadership actions for directors and board members. The guidance, written by directors for directors, offers straightforward practical advice on how to plan, deliver, monitor and review health and safety in the workplace.

www.hse.gov.uk/pubns PDF (file size = 455 KB)

www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/welsh PDF (file size = 280 KB)

Line Managers' Resource - A practical guide to managing and supporting people with mental health problems in the workplace.

www.shift.org.uk PDF (file size = 330 KB)

Occupational Health toolkit - published by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), this is a free online resource offering information, guidance, factsheets, case studies, training materials, presentations and more to help Health and Safety professionals tackle Occupational Health problems.

www.ohtoolkit.co.uk

Sickness Absence Toolkit - to help managers to manage sickness absence and return to work.

www.hse.gov.uk

Sound Advice - noise at work in music and entertainment - Providing guidance on noise at work legislation, which includes practical examples to help the industry control the risks from noise at work.

HSE’s related Sound Advice publication
Sound Advice website

Stress Management Standards - to help employers as well as employees and their representatives manage the issue and minimise the impact of work-related stress.

www.hse.gov.uk

Vocational Rehabilitation: What works, for whom, and when? - An evidence base for policy development on vocational rehabilitation.

Vocational Rehabilitation PDF (file size = 11 MB)

What Works at Work - published November 2007, this report gathers together international evidence to show the importance of the workplace in preventing and managing common health problems.

What Works at Work PDF (file size = 875 KB)

Work & Health - an information and guidance leaflet for use by professionals and managers in and around the workplace to assist with the return to work process. It is endorsed by private and public sectors, and available as a PDF or in print format from The Stationery Office.

Work & Health (file size = 260 KB)

Healthy People = Healthy Profits - Case study examples of UK best practice, documenting business benefits which followed the introduction of health and well-being interventions in their workplaces.

Healthy People = Healthy Profits.pdf (file size = 260 KB)