HEALTH AT WORK NETWORK STOCKTAKE

21 October 2014

Geoff Dessent

Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing

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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

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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

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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

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Analysis of annual updates, July 2014

We looked at:• Partner sizes• Partners’ employee numbers• Reach of pledges

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July 2014 analysis

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Micro Small Medium Large Unknown0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

2747

80

303

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Partner profiles

Partner profiles

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July 2014 analysis – Employee numbers

• Micro – 66• Small – 1,588• Medium – 12,024 • Large – 3,959,303

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H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H100

50

100

150

200

250

170

224237

166

105122

94

2239

70

Partner sign-up to pledges

July 2014 AnalysisH1 – Chronic ConditionsH2 – OH StandardsH3 – H&WB ReportsH4 – Healthier staff restaurantsH5 – Smoking CessationH6 – Staff Health ChecksH7 – Mental HealthH8 – Young PeopleH9 – Domestic ViolenceH10 – Construction

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July 2014 Analysis

H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H100

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,0002,

316,

636

2,77

8,60

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2,67

9,49

2

2,12

6,41

0

427,

932

458,

237

707,

648

48,4

37

850,

898

265,

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Pledge reach

H1 – Chronic ConditionsH2 – OH StandardsH3 – H&WB ReportsH4 – Healthier staff restaurantsH5 – Smoking CessationH6 – Staff Health ChecksH7 – Mental HealthH8 – Young PeopleH9 – Domestic ViolenceH10 – Construction

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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

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Future pledges

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• Broadened H1 pledge to include unpaid carers

• Alcohol in the workplace

Further sector-specific work• Police and Fire services• Higher education sector• Railway industry

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FeedbackA large majority of partners agree:• that the RD effectively taps into the potential for

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

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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

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