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Delivered by Halton Health Improvement
Workplace Health Solutions
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Our team is made up of health and wellbeing professionals including Lifestyle Advisors, Health Trainers, Stop Smoking Advisors, Health Improvement Specialists and Practitioners. We are a Royal Society For Public Health and City and Guilds Accredited Training Centre and as such can offer a wide variety of off-the-shelf and bespoke health education and training programmes.
What are our Workplace Health Solutions? ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥
Initial Consultation
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NHS Health Checks
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Lung Age Checks
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Blood Pressure Checks
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RSPH Level 2 Understanding Health Improvement Award: Health Champions
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Health Improvement Training & Education
Workplace Health Assessment
RSPH Accredited Qualifications
On-Site Programmes
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Mental Health Training Suicide Prevention Pathway Training Musculoskeletal Masterclass Information Days Alcohol IBA Training Cancer Awareness Health Workshops
Fresh Start Weight Management Stop Smoking Services Physical Activity Sessions Time to Change
As the UK population ages, people will be expected to work for longer, well into their 60s and 70s and beyond, when long term health conditions could limit a person's ability to work and support themselves. In turn, absenteeism caused by these illnesses will become an increasing burden on employers. Preventing people from developing these conditions in the first place, and supporting those already diagnosed to manage their conditions more effectively, will help to ensure a healthier ageing workforce. At the start of your journey, our Workforce Health Co-ordinator will help you to identify those key health issues that are a priority for you and your employees. For example: ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥
Do you have high absenteeism due to employees' back pain? Do you want to promote positive mental health in your workplace? Do you have a large number of smokers in your workforce? Have employees expressed an interest in an in-house healthy weight programme?
This can be done through a Health Needs Assessment questionnaire, or through NHS Health Checks, which are an ideal way of building a detailed health profile of your workforce. Based on the outcomes from these assessments, we can develop a tailored workforce health programme.
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How does poor employee health affect workplaces? The Statistics The latest information from the Labour Force Survey shows: ¥ In 2015/16, 30.4 million working days were lost due to self-reported work-related illness or injury: ¥ 25.9 million days due to work-related illness; and ¥ 4.5 million days due to workplace injury. ¥ O n average, each person suffering took around 16 days off work, 20 days for ill health cases and 7.2 for injuries. ¥ S tress, depression or anxiety and musculoskeletal disorders accounted for the majority of days lost due to work-related ill health, 11.7 and 8.8 million days respectively. ¥ T he average days lost per case for stress, depression or anxiety (24 days) was higher than for musculoskeletal disorders (16 days).
Breakdown ¥ A round 13,000 deaths each year from occupational lung disease and cancer are estimated to have been caused by past exposures at work, primarily to chemicals and dusts. ¥ A n estimated 1.3 million people who worked in 2015/16 were suffering from an illness they believed was caused or made worse by work. ¥ A round 80% of self-reported work-related conditions were musculoskeletal disorders or stress, depression or anxiety (LFS). ¥ T he majority (85%) of new cases of work-related ill health reported by participating GPs in the THOR-GP surveillance scheme, during 2013-2015, were musculoskeletal disorders or mental ill health (THOR-GP).
Health and Work
Managing health at work for employers
131m working days are lost
Main causes for lost working days in 2013 Musculoskeletal conditions
31m days
to sickness absence every year
4.4 days
Minor illnesses (coughs and colds)
each worker
Stress, anxiety or depression
are lost on average for
due to sickness absence
27m days
£9bn
experience at least one period of sickness absence in a year
7% of employees
of employees with a long term health condition have
not discussed it with their employer
15m days Employers spend
42% of employees
1in 3
each year on sick pay and associated costs
Costs of presenteeism
Percentage of hours lost to sickness in 2013
(attending work while ill) are estimated to be
£30bn annually
Public sector Private sector
1.8%
take periods of sickness absence lasting 2 weeks or more
2.9%
52%
of employees report having access to occupational health through their work.
39% access to
report having
independent counselling
Sources: Adult BlackPsychiatric & Frost, 2011; Healthinand wellbeing work:and a survey of employees, Force Survey, various years; Vaughan-Jones onto Employment and Support Allowance, 2011 Morbidity England, 2007;atHealth wellbeing at work: a 2014; surveyLabour of employees, 2014; Cimpean & Drake 2011; Naylor &etBarham, al 2012; 2010; OECD,Routes 2014; Labour Force Survey, various years
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Many of our services and training sessions are available FREE for Halton workplaces. For employers outside Halton, contact us for further details. Service
Detail
Health and Wellbeing Events These events can be delivered as stand alone events or as part of other workplace events. These are designed to raise awareness of healthy eating, smoking, physical activity, mental health, cancer awareness and alcohol.
NHS Health Checks
Lung Age Checks
Stop Smoking Sessions
Mental Health Awareness Training
Suicide Prevention Pathway Training
Mental Health Awareness for Managers
We use a variety of resources to engage with people, including our Alcohol Free bar which offers mocktails as a way to begin a conversation about alcohol consumption. We can offer eligible people aged between 40 and 74 a FREE NHS Health Check that checks height, weight, BMI and blood pressure as well as a simple finger prick blood test which gives us an instant reading for cholesterol and blood sugars. Our fully trained health trainers can then offer your staff bespoke lifestyle advice according to the results. NHS Health Checks are an ideal way to assess the health and wellbeing needs of your workforce. Lung Age Tests are an ideal way to start a conversation about lung health, even for non-smokers. We can offer anyone over the age of 35 a FREE lung age check using our spirometry machines and provide general lifestyle advice, including information and advice about stopping smoking if appropriate. Sessions can be delivered in-house to staff who want to quit smoking. If you have a minimum of 5 people who want to sign up, we can arrange on-site sessions for up to 10 weeks. We offer support and advice on how to quit smoking and can advise on Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT). Advice sessions are free, but individuals may have to pay for NRT products, unless they are exempt. Mental health awareness training is designed to provide adults with knowledge and skills to have wellbeing conversations with friends/family/ colleagues/staff and to know where they can appropriately sign post people in need of support for their mental health. This training provides learners with additional skills to progress wellbeing conversations onto asking about suicidal thoughts. The training offers practical advice and guidance around asking about suicide and the language to use. Please note it does not go into any details about suicide and suicide techniques, nor does it contain any graphic images. This session is designed to help managers understand mental health, the signs and symptoms of common mental health problems and how to have wellbeing conversations with staff. It also provides strategies to support staff who are experiencing poor mental health.
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Service
Detail
Time to Change Employer Pledge
We can support your organisation to complete the Time to Change Employer Pledge which involves developing an action plan to get your employees talking about mental health. Encouraging staff to talk about mental health can make a real difference to sickness absence rates, presenteeism levels, staff wellbeing and productivity. The Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) training provides participants with the skills and knowledge to identify individuals whose drinking might be impacting on their health at an early stage. Participants will be able to deliver opportunistic, simple, structured advice. Very Brief Advice (VBA) training on smoking helps to identify those individuals who wish to stop smoking by assessing current and past smoking behaviour, providing information on the consequences of smoking, the benefits of quitting and options for support. At the end of this 1.5 hour session, participants will: ¥¥ Have increased their knowledge and understanding of the signs and symptoms of various cancers (inc. lung, breast, bowel, prostate, cervical etc.) ¥¥ Be confident in delivering brief advice to the public and colleagues and making every contact count ¥¥ Be able to talk about participation in national cancer screening programmes and tackle resistance ¥¥ Encourage colleagues to create an action plan for their workplace directly linked to improving uptake of screening The aim of this one day course is to improve knowledge and understanding of the three main health issues amongst older people in Halton; Loneliness, Dementia and Falls. The training provides practical skills using tools to identify people who may be at risk of falls, loneliness or memory loss. Delegates will also learn about local referral pathways & signposting to local falls, loneliness & memory loss services. For organisations who work with older people. The training focuses on the importance of staying active as we age and the factors associated with reducing falls such as environment, medication, hydration, nutrition, exercise and sight checks. Participants will be more aware of how they can play a part in helping the over 55s keep active and stay independent. Training can also be delivered directly to the public if required.
Alcohol IBA Training
Brief Advice Smoking Cessation Training
Cancer Awareness Training
Age Well Training
Staying Steady Workshop
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We also offer these additional services and training for a fee. Service
Detail
FEE
Health Checks
For anyone who does not meet the eligibility criteria for a FULL FREE NHS health check, we are still able to offer them a shorter health check for a small fee. The shorter check does not include the blood tests that are included with the full NHS Health Check. This interactive group workshop can be tailored to any health topic identified as a priority for your workforce, and is delivered by our team of Health Trainers. Subjects could include healthy eating and nutrition or physical activity. For any front line staff delivering smoking cessation support to members of the community. To provide them with the skills and knowledge in order to effectively promote stop smoking and guide people through their quit journey Designed to improve overall postural stability and reduce back and neck pain. Classes can be tailored for staff depending on needs (manual workers, office based staff, etc.). Class times can be tailored to meet your needs. Course manual is included in the price. A half day training session to enable non-clinical staff to be able to take Blood Pressure readings in the community. This training has a strong practical focus including how to take a BP reading, what the result means, lifestyle advice and onward referral and a practical assessment. This session is designed to help staff understand what stress is, what is happening to the body and brain when we are stressed and self help techniques to help you manage stress better. This session is designed to help managers recognise signs of stress in employees, understand what is happening in the body and brain when employees are stressed, and provide strategies to help mangers support staff who are experiencing significant amounts of stress. Employees will interact with dozens, even hundreds of clients, colleagues, friends and family every day. This half day session teaches how to recognise opportunities and start conversations about health and wellbeing, encourage behaviour change and signpost to appropriate services.
£15pp
Healthy Staff Workshop
Intermediate Smoking Cessation Practitioner Trainer (NCSCT accredited) Musculoskeletal Master Class
Blood Pressure Training
Stress Awareness for Staff
Stress Awareness for Managers
MECC (Making Every Contact Count)
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£250 per half day session; £500 for a full day of activities and presentations £500 per day (full day training session)
£35pp (minimum 8 people)
Cost £250 per half day max 15 people Or £30pp (minimum 8 people) £250 per half day (this is usually a half day course) £250 per half day (this is usually a half day course)
£250 per half day (this is usually a half day course) Max 20 participants.
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Accredited Training Programmes Our team also offers accredited education and training programmes for managers or staff that can be delivered on site in a classroom environment.
Service
Detail
FEE
Health Improvement
Royal Society for Public Health Level 2 Award: Understanding Health Improvement.
£250 per half day (this is usually a half day course)
This will essentially qualify your team members to become health champions and have the skills and knowledge to offer their colleague brief advice and signpost on to appropriate services when needed.
Plus £20pp certification fee Max 15 people per session
Local Growth Hub for Halton Our team works closely with the Growth Hub Halton. The hub is dedicated to helping you find the right solutions and access the best of the business support available. With a breadth of business information and expertise readily to hand, this free of charge service, supports all businesses whatever the sector, company size, structure or growth stage. So if you are based in Halton, or looking to be, please get in touch. Our knowledgeable and experienced advisers can assist with all your business needs. ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥ ¥¥
Funding and business finance Starting up in business Commercial property searches Apprenticeships Business planning Not for profit and social enterprises Recruitment and retention Specialist support and advice National, regional, and local initiatives Training and development Networking and events
Whatever your business need we will invest the time to fully understand your situation and help you move forward. Call Growth Hub Halton today on 0333 358 3480. www.localgrowthhub.com/regions/halton
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Next Steps Contact our Workplace Health Co-ordinator on 0300 029 0029 to book your FREE no obligation visit or email HIT@halton.gov.uk We will work with you to design a bespoke workplace health programme to meet the needs of your organisation. We will also be happy to provide you with a range of health and wellbeing leaflets and posters to display in your business. You can also subscribe to our quarterly workplace newsletter, which provides up to date information about events, training, local and national campaigns such as Stoptober and World Mental Health Day and guidance from Public Health England. So if you want to be an organisation who invests in their employees and their overall health and wellbeing then contact us today for more information.
0300 029 0029 HIT@halton.gov.uk www.haltonhealthimprovement.co.uk
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