MONDAY, 20 JULY, 2020

For immediate release

Getting Back to Business: NHS Tayside Workplace Team helps local businesses to improve staff health and wellbeing

NHS Tayside’s Workplace Team is offering free support to local businesses to support employee physical and mental health.

Local businesses can benefit from free support from NHS Tayside’s Workplace Team. They can offer free, confidential guidance to workplaces to help them create a safe and healthy workplace for their employees.

Workplace Programme Manager, Pat Davidson said, “Our free service can help local businesses to achieve a healthier, motivated and productive workforce.

“Engaging with the Healthy Working Lives programme demonstrates to your workforce and customers that you care about your employees.

“All of our advice and information is provided free of charge and we are here to support businesses every step of the way.”

There are a number of ways the team can help local businesses, including:

• Training for managers. Helping to increase their knowledge of topics such as in-work poverty, stress, resilience, mental health and alcohol.

• Promotion of national health and wellbeing campaigns within the workplace to engage and connect with employees.

• Helping to create workplace polices around mental health, smoking, drugs and alcohol.

Workplaces that employ less than 250 staff can also request free advice on occupational health and safety issues from a specialist Occupational Health and Safety advisor.

Businesses that register for the national Healthy Working Lives programme can be supported in working towards achieving Bronze, Silver or Gold awards.

To find out more, contact the NHS Tayside WorkplaceTeam on Tay-UHB.workplaceteam@nhs.net .

Contact:

Cara Longmuir

NHS Tayside Communications

(01382) 740716