1. Corporate Health Standard Healthy Working Wales The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Presenters: Beverley Warburton & Chris Garlick

2. 140 million working days lost per year (2011) £9 billion costs in sick pay (UK) Sickness absence costs £600/employee/year (2012) Indirect impacts & costs Shifting health focus Mental health problems cost Welsh economy £1.2 billion per year Main causes of sickness absence are stress and musculoskeletal disorders The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Healthy Working Wales programme background

3. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards The promotion of a healthy workplace helps companies to increase their productivity and to become more competitive. Good health improves an individual’s quality of life, and a focus on their well being can also add value to organisations by promoting better health and increasing motivation and engagement of employees, in turn helping to drive increases in productivity and profitability. (Dame Carol Black, 2006) Why should organisations get involved?

4. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards What are the benefits of health and wellbeing programmes

5. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Impacts on physical health: Reduces the risk of CHD and stroke, breast and colon cancer, and premature death Help protect against type 2 diabetes, obesity, and hypertension Help to manage back pain and other weight and medical conditions Impacts on mental health & wellbeing: Can help manage or relieve stress Lowers risk of suffering anxiety Can reduce the risk of dementia Can improve self-confidence and self-esteem Why is physical activity so important?

6. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Aims of physical activity programmes Reduce employee absence Improve engagement/social cohesiveness in work Cost effective and sustainable Potential cost savings if effective at reducing number of employee absences over a year If 1% effective – potential savings between £2,870 and £6,244 each year If 50% effective – potential savings up to £312,217 each year (Economic costs of physical inactivity, BHF National Centre for Physical Activity & Health, 2013) Impacts of increasing physical activity in the workplace

7. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Workplace health and wellbeing award programmes Corporate Health Standard + Small Workplace Health Award National mark of quality for health and well-being in the workplace. Benefits include: Improved physical & social work environments + Improved employee mental health & wellbeing =Improved organisational performance Central programme structureStaff feel more valued Improved communication & engagement throughout organisation Tools to support continuous and sustainable improvement Enhanced delegation and accountability to support development Helps organisation to identify and address important health issues

8. Small Workplace Health Award The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Healthy lifestyles -Smoking -Physical activity -Healthy eating -Alcohol and work -Drugs at work Process -Documented evidence plan - Loosely prescribed criteria - Organisations with less than 50 employees

9. Corporate Health Standard The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Process -Documented evidence plan - Prescribed criteria - Organisations with more than 50 employees - Assessment & process guidance - Mock and full assessment

10. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Corporate Health Standard OrganisationalSupport Communication EmployeeInvolvement Policies PolicyDevelopment and Review Health and Safety Monitoring,Evaluation and Review CoreComponents Specific Health issues Tobacco MusculoskeletalDisorders Mental Health Promotion Alcohol and Substance Misuse Nutrition Physical Activity Occupational Health and Rehabilitation

11. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards BronzeSilverGold Sport WalesWelsh GovernmentCardiff Community Housing Association AdmiralSwansea Pension CentreCardiff Metropolitan University Arriva Buses WalesCompanies HouseCardiff University Land RegistryDVLABridgend College Crown FoodsDenbighshire County CouncilPerkin Elmer ITEC Training Solutions Welsh National OperaWilliams Medical Supplies Corporate Health Standard Award Holders

12. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards BronzeSilverGold Vale Centre for Voluntary Service Fix TrainingFirst Choice Housing Association Cardiff MedicentreHome InsteadAspiration Training Age Concern Cardiff & Vale Plantos Age Cymru Premier Foods - Rank Hovis PE Contracts Small Workplace Health Award Holders

13. Registration & documentation Benchmark assessment Progression support Mock assessment benchmark and feedback (CHS only) Assessment & feedback Progression / revalidation The Process The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards

14. Assessment Corporate Health StandardSmall Workplace Health Award Pre-Assessment Check Final Assessment: 2/3 external assessors, 1 or 2 days depending on level of award Pre-Assessment Check Final Assessment - Maximum ½ day assessment by external assessors Award Ceremony - Award is retained for 3 years Follow up support to maintain and improve practice

15. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Workplace Health Advisor helps with: Navigating the process Sharing good practice from other organisations Progress meetings & assessment benchmarking Signposting Support policy development Links with other supporting organisations Guidance on good workplace health practices Networking & Information sharing Health promotion resources Help and Support

16. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Bronze –Raise awareness of the health benefits of exercise –Provide contact details for local leisure centres etc –Provide info about local safe routes to cycle/walk to work –Use signage to encourage physical activity during the working day e.g. using stairs instead of lifts Silver –Physical activity policy/guidelines –Flexible working conditions to allow exercise –Travel Plan –Provision of/access to cycle racks/shower/changing facilities Gold –Active support e.g. cycle pool, bike purchase schemes –Links with organisations/partners to develop/promote local safe routes for walkers and cyclists CHS – Physical Activity

17. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Encouraging employees to be active at work Promote benefits of activity Encourage use of stairs instead of lifts Walking or active meetings & 1-2-1s Lunch & learn events Provide time-off for going to the gym Set-up corporate or partner schemes Encourage lunchtime walks Support organisation sports team Promote local sports/activity events Pedometer/stair climb team building challenges Swim-a-thon Office Olympics/sports day Charity events – rowing/cycling machine Ideas for physical activity initiatives

18. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Active travelling to work Encourage walking or cycling to work Provide cycle storage facilities Provide shower facilities Active travel planning – Sustrans Salary sacrifice schemes No parking provided for those within cycling/walking distance Set-up walking/running/cycling clubs Ideas for physical activity initiatives

19. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Key practical tips –Celebrate your success internally and externally –Re-launch your initiatives regularly –Be open to any new ideas from employees –Ensure info about health & well-being is included in inductions to new staff –Wellbeing is not just about nutrition and physical activity Gardening clubs, choirs, reading clubs, knitting circles, volunteering Hints and Tips

20. Don’t reinvent the wheel We can signpost to useful contacts Peer support groups Workshops Hints and Tips The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards

21. No Smoking Day – tar in a jar Around the world in 80 days Pamper days (stress) Weight Watchers on-site No car parking for those living within 2 miles Mini bus to ice rink Strictly Cymru Dancing Lunch and learn Hints and Tips

22. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Healthy Working Wales British Heart Foundation – Getting active at work Working Well – a practical guide to starting wellbeing initiatives Change4Life employers guide – creating a healthier workforce Business In The Community physical activity at work toolkit Helpful resources

23. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Thank you for listening Any questions? Corporate Health Standard Beverley Warburton T: 02920 348782 E: Beverley.warburton@wales.nhs.ukBeverley.warburton@wales.nhs.uk Small Workplace Health Award Chris Garlick T: 01443 824185 E: Christopher.garlick@wales.nhs.ukChristopher.garlick@wales.nhs.uk

24. Corporate Health Standard Additional slides

25. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards How does the process work? Corporate Health StandardSmall Workplace Health Award Commitment at a Corporate Level Establish a Health and Well Being Group Benchmark against the criteria Identify areas for development Action Plan Gathering of Evidence Active involvement from employees Apply for assessment Benchmark against the criteria Identify areas for development and action Get staff involved Gather your evidence Apply for assessment

26. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Core components –look at the ethos and culture of the business/organisation –how employee health & well-being is incorporated into the management process Specific health issues –deal with the key preventable ill health issues in the workplace Topics

27. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards SubjectBronzeSilverGold Organisational Support √√√ Communication √√ Employee Involvement √√√ Policies and Policy Development √√√ Health and Safety √ Monitoring, assessment and review √√√ Criteria Levels - Core

28. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards SubjectBronzeSilverGold Tobacco √√ Mental Health √√ Musculoskeletal Disorders √√ Alcohol and Substance Misuse √√ Nutrition √√√ Physical Activity √√√ Occupational Health and General Health √ Criteria Levels - Health

29. Guidance Document – CHS + SWHA –ensure you refer back regularly to the criteria in these documents Action Plan – CHS –this can be used as a tool to help you go through the process and criteria in a logical way but is also part of the assessment process Evidence Plan – SWHA –three columns; first details criteria, second is for your explanation of how you meet it and the third is for the assessor’s comments The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Getting Started

30. How to evidence your progress: –Minutes of meetings –Copies of emails –Screen shots of intranet –Photos –Attendance lists e.g. training courses, events –Posters/flyers –Evaluation forms –Policies – ensure they have review dates & are in-date –Cross reference where possible –Can be electronic – doesn’t have to be hard copy, can hyperlink from action plan The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Getting Started

31. Need to show health and wellbeing are embedded into the organisation’s culture CHS – approx 9 months minimum for Bronze –12 months for Silver SWHA –As soon as you are ready Minimum 6 months between assessment The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Timescales

32. The Corporate Health Standard and Small Workplace Health Awards Thank you for listening Any questions?