HEALTH AT WORK NETWORK STOCKTAKE

1. HEALTH AT WORK NETWORK STOCKTAKE • 21 October 2014 • Geoff Dessent • Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing

2. Working with business and industry – the Responsibility Deal • Aims to create an environment that supports people to make informed, balanced choices and to help them lead healthier lives. • A voluntary partnership between business, government and wider stakeholders, including public health and NGOs • Opportunity for business and other organisations to lead the way in positively shaping the environment to improve health. • Action on: Food, Alcohol, Physical activity and Health at Work

3. Health at work pledges • RD launched March 2011. Since then ten collective pledges. • H1 – Chronic Conditions Guides • H2 – Occupational Health Standards • H3 – Health and wellbeing reports • H4 – Healthier staff restaurants • H5 – Smoking Cessation/Respiratory Health • H6 – Staff Health Checks • H7 – Mental Health and Wellbeing • H8 – Young People in the Workplace • H9 – Domestic Violence • H10 – Construction and Civil Engineering Industries DH – Leading the nation’s health and care

4. Health at work network achievements: • Over 460 partners • 4 of the 5 most popular pledges • SME Mentoring pilots • Annual external stakeholder events • Sector-specific pledge for construction • Construction Partnership Forum DH – Leading the nation’s health and care

5. Analysis of annual updates, July 2014 • We looked at: • Partner sizes • Partners’ employee numbers • Reach of pledges

6. July 2014 analysis DH – Leading the nation’s health and care

7. July 2014 analysis – Employee numbers • Micro – 66 • Small – 1,588 • Medium – 12,024 • Large – 3,959,303

8. July 2014 Analysis H1 – Chronic Conditions H2 – OH Standards H3 – H&WB Reports H4 – Healthier staff restaurants H5 – Smoking Cessation H6 – Staff Health Checks H7 – Mental Health H8 – Young People H9 – Domestic Violence H10 – Construction

9. July 2014 Analysis H1 – Chronic Conditions H2 – OH Standards H3 – H&WB Reports H4 – Healthier staff restaurants H5 – Smoking Cessation H6 – Staff Health Checks H7 – Mental Health H8 – Young People H9 – Domestic Violence H10 – Construction

10. July 2014 Analysis • Other information • H3 pledge has most sign ups • Also most popular amongst SMEs • H2 pledge reaches most employees • Also most popular amongst large organisations • H8 pledge least popular in terms of sign up and employees reached

11. Future pledges • Broadened H1 pledge to include unpaid carers • Alcohol in the workplace • Further sector-specific work • Police and Fire services • Higher education sector • Railway industry DH – Leading the nation’s health and care

12. Feedback • A large majority of partners agree: • that the RD effectively taps into the potentialfor businesses and other organisations to improve public health • that the RD has helped them to have conversations about improving public health within their organisations • that the RD has given additional credibility to their company • that it has been useful to be part of a network and learn from each other • Partners also told us: • there is a need for all key players to drive this work forward • there is scope for greater support and direction for some partners DH – Leading the nation’s health and care

13. And now…. • ……we look forward to hearing your views. • Further information about the Health at work Network, including a full list of all the pledges and of partners can be found at http://responsibilitydeal.dh.gov.uk/category/healthatwork-network/ • E-mail us at: responsibilitydealhealthatwork@dh.gsi.gov.uk • Call us on: 020 7972 3249 or 020 7972 3252 DH – Leading the nation’s health and care