Norfolk's working well - The Business Case

The health of the UK workforce is vital to the economy. The Confederation of British Industry estimates that 175 million working days are lost to sickness absence at a cost of almost £13.4billion a year.

What you can do

Whatever your type of industry, size of your business or location there are things you can do to improve the health and wellbeing of your employees because Good health is good for business.

By developing a workplace health programme for your business you can:

Improve

• Staff health and wellbeing
• Staff engagement and satisfaction
• Staff recruitment and retention
• Productivity
• Product service and quality
• Corporate image
• Customer satisfaction and loyalty

Reduce

• Sickness and absence
• Staff turnover
• Recruitment costs
• Agency cost cover
• Stress
• Health-related employment benefits
• Liability and legal costs
   

Where to Start

Local

Norfolk’s Working Well Workplace Health Programme
Information on how to improve the health and well being of your staff in Norfolk.
www.norfolk.nhs.uk/health-at-work

Health Information and Resources
Norfolk’s leading database of self helps support groups and agencies.
www.heron.nhs.uk

National

The Business Health Check
The workplace Well-being Tool (WWT) is a free resource designed to help you understand the specific health and well-being issues within your organisation.
www.businesslink.gov.uk/wwt

Health Work and Wellbeing
Health, Work and Well-being is an initiative to improve the health and well-being of working age people.
www.workingforhealth.gov.uk

Live Well - NHS Choices
Provides tips on dealing with stress, RSI, back pain, exercise and healthy lunches in the workplace.
www.nhs.uk/livewell/workplacehealth

Health for Work Advice line
New quick and easy access to high quality occupational health advice for small business.
0800 077 8844
www.health4work.nhs.uk

Health and Safety Executive
HSE's protects people against risks to health or safety arising out of work activities. It provides advice, guidance and information to employers.
0854 345 0055
www.hse.gov.uk