Driving into a new career

UP TO 4,000 PEOPLE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE of training courses to become HGV drivers. This is part of a package of measures to ease temporary supply chain pressures in food haulage industries, brought on by the pandemic and the global economy rebounding.

Natural Balance celebrates 1st birthday since relocation

NATURAL BALANCE

PHYSIOTHERAPY & SPORTS

INJURY is celebrating the end of its first year since relocating to Darland House on Chester Road in Rossett, near Wrexham. Previously located in the Chester Wellness Centre, Natural Balance has been providing a holistic approach to clients requiring physiotherapy and support with sports injuries, within the Wrexham and Chester areas, for more than 20 years.

The Department for Education is investing up to £10 million to create new skills boot camps to train up to 3,000 more people to become HGV drivers. The free, short, intensive courses will train drivers to be road-ready and gain a category C or category C&E licence, helping to tackle the current HGV driver shortage. An additional 1,000 people are expected to be trained through courses accessed locally and funded by the government’s adult education budget.

Fuel tanker drivers need additional safety qualifications, which the government will work with industry to ensure drivers can access as quickly as possible.

To help make sure new drivers can be road ready as quickly as possible, the Department for Transport (DfT) have also agreed to work with Driver and Vehicles Standards Agency (DVSA) to ensure that tests will be available for participants who have completed training courses now.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has also announced the immediate deployment of their Defence Driving Examiners (DDEs) to increase the country’s testing capacity. MOD examiners will work alongside DVSA examiners, providing thousands of extra tests.

“Not only do we work in Rossett, we also live here! As such, we have been overwhelmed with the welcome shown by the local community since we relocated to Darland House and would like to thank old clients and new for their ongoing support,” said Phil Cabral, Director and Chartered Physiotherapist.

The team at Natural Balance Physiotherapy & Sports Injury specialise in reducing pain, optimising health, increasing fitness, maximising function and enhancing performance – working with clients at their home, in the gym or workplace, or even pitch-side.

Support for Welsh businesses

HEALTHY WORKING WALES

(HWW) is a programme delivered by Public Health Wales on behalf of Welsh Government. It supports and encourages employers to improve the health and wellbeing of their staff, engage and communicate with employees more effectively, and help to achieve a range of business and organisational outcomes.

This includes organisational performance, productivity and reducing sickness absence coststhrough one-to-one support, training events and workshops, online and telephone information, and guidance.

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, HWW has supported employers to create healthy and safe workplaces that promote health and wellbeing and prevent Covid-19 transmission.

HWW has developed a range of guidance and infographics and continues to keep its website as a one-stop-shop of Covid-19 information and resources up-todate. Information and resources available include: podcasts, topic specific resources on important health and wellbeing topics, case studies and virtual workshops.

If you have any queries, please contact us on:

WorkplaceHealth@wales.nhs.uk