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Jane Standerwick Service Manager, Wales

Jane Standerwick Service Manager, Wales. What is Workplace Health Connect ?. Available in South Wales since February 2006, now available across All Wales. Delivered by South Wales based consultancy Holistic Services A free advisory service delivered in partnership with HSE

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Jane Standerwick Service Manager, Wales

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  1. Jane Standerwick Service Manager, Wales

  2. What is Workplace Health Connect? • Available in South Wales since February 2006, now available across All Wales. • Delivered by South Wales based consultancy Holistic Services • A free advisory service delivered in partnership with HSE • Aimed at smaller businesses (5 to 250 employees) • Workplace Health, Safety and Return to Work • 2 year pilot in 5 regions of England and Wales

  3. What is Workplace Health Connect? Key features of our advice • Expert  • Practical  • Confidential 

  4. The priorities The issues that cause the majority of workplace ill health: • Manual handling and repetitive tasks • Absence management and return to work • Stress • Asthma • Display screen equipment (VDU)

  5. How does Workplace Health Connect work? Call Workplace Health Connect Adviceline 0845 609 6006 Talk to a qualified adviser who may suggest improvements over the phone and/or a visit to your workplace. We will visit and provide you with a tailored action plan to help make changes and improvements.

  6. Workplace Health Connect Visit • WHC Toolkit • Transfer of knowledge and skill • Problem solving • Help with risk assessments • Recommendations • Signposting for specialist help • Physiotherapy, • Ergonomics, • Occupational health practitioner, • Safety consultant

  7. Typical Visits Three basic types: • Specific OHSR issue, problem solving • Enforcement notice • Sickness absence / stress • Recent Incident • Tendering for work, H&S requirements to be met, e.g. CHAS • New start-up / no existing H&S systems • From the beginning, policy, risk assessments etc. • Health Check • Are we doing enough? • Looking for reassurance

  8. 0845 609 6006 www.workplacehealthconnect.co.uk

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