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HEALTH
& SAFETY AT WORK
The
relationship between a healthy workforce and company success
is being increasingly recognised by Improving staff health
and fitness, reducing stress levels and regular health assessments.
This can combat long-term absenteeism through the early detection
of potential illness.
Management
of Health and Safety At Work Regulations 1999 regulation 6
states;
**“Every
employer shall ensure that his employees are provided with
such health surveillance as is appropriate having regard to
the risks to their health and safety which are identified
by the assessments.”
Every year
organisations lose millions of pounds in lost time and revenue
due to staff illness. On average 6.8 working days per employee
were lost to absence in the UK year of 2004 with a total of
168 million days lost thoughout the UK. The
main causes for sickness absence are stress, musculo-skeletal
injuries (such as back ache and neck pain) and minor illness
such as colds and flu. As a result of ill health and work
absence, companies paid an overall cost of £12.2 billion
in 2004 to cover the salaries of absent individuals and the
resulting overtime and temporary cover calculating to a figure
of £495 per employee.
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WHAT IS OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH?
Occupational health is a seperate branch of medicine concerned
with the interrelationship between work and health. I is identified
as the effect of work on health and the effect of health on
work.
The
World Health Organisation (WHO) defines the purpose of an occupational
health service as;
**“Being
to promote and maintain the physical, mental and social wellbeing
of all staff.”
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WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOUR COMPANY, YOU MAY ASK?
Our occupational health assessments can minimise the number
of inappropriate sickness absences with a wide range of tests
tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual and
the employing company.
- We can help
reduce absenteeism and minimise the impact of absence by
putting effective policies and procedures into place
- Our health
assessments take as little as 20 minutes (dependant on tests
being performed) and start from as little as £49 per
person
- Health
assessments can be performed at your place of work saving
on unnecessary staff absence and profit loss
- We provide
a detailed personal medical report including any health
issues that need addressing, plus details of the results
and advice for a personal health action plan.
By carrying
out these health assessments on employees we can (by working
together) reduce illness and promote well-being amongst the
workforce along with beneficial financial safeguard against
potential injury and illness claims from employees.
For more information, please email or call us detailing your
requirments
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