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Workplace Health & Wellbeing South Tyneside Manufacturing Forum Scott Duncan & Janet Cummings. Who are we and why are we here?. Specialist training provider of innovative training solutions Established company with successful track record Commissioned to deliver workplace health and
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Workplace Health & WellbeingSouth Tyneside Manufacturing ForumScott Duncan & Janet Cummings
Who are we and why are we here? • Specialist training provider of innovative training • solutions • Established company with successful track record • Commissioned to deliver workplace health and • wellbeing services across South of Tyne and Wear • Actively involved with South Tyneside Workplace • Alliance
The Business Case 131 million lost working days in Britain during 2011i.e. 4.5 days per worker or 1.8% of working time lost)Source: ONS
UK Statistics - 2012 • 11 million people take sick leave ever year • £100 billion annual cost to the economy • £13 billion cost to tax payers • £9 billion cost to employers • £15 billion lost in economic output • 41% MSD and 26% Mental Health conditions most commonly reported illness • £10.1 to £14.7 billion cost to employees Source: Frost/Dame Carole Black Independent report 2011 & Review of the Health of Britain's working-age population 2008
Workplace Health and CSR "Health and wellbeing will become the new CSR” David Mobbs, Nuffield Health chief executive
Working collaboratively with South Tyneside Workplace Alliance
Workplace Health Offer FREE support available to businesses Access to NHS / Charity / Voluntary service provision for: Employee Health Surveys Access to Better Health at Work Award Dedicated website: www.nebetterhealthatwork.co.uk Information / training opportunities • Workplace health checks • Smoking cessation • Physical exercise • Healthy eating • Emotional Wellbeing • Cancer Awareness • Plus other topics
Workplace Health SupportStatistics • Engaged with 29 companies since January 2012 • Focus on Routine / Manual workers • Examples of companies in South Tyneside • Dorma – Alcohol awareness • Domnic Hunter, Boldon – Healthy Eating
Annual Celebration Event Steve Dale, Operations Manager at Ford Aerospace collecting the Bronze Award from Nonnie Crawford, Director of Public Health Sunderland
Key Successes “Sickness absence reduced by 5 days per employee” Gateshead Council “50% of workforce having BP & Cholesterol checked each year” BAE Systems “Sickness absence reduced by 30%” South Tyneside Homes “We have reduced sickness and absence costs by 64%” Cummins “It has been hugely beneficial, it has lifted morale and brought about positive change........its had a noticeable lift on people’s health and enthusiasm” ABB “