Health At Work
For a large part of our waking hours we are at work, which means the working environment can play a big part in our overall wellbeing.
In 2008/9,
- Almost 30 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill-health. With the two biggest causes:
- 11.4 million days were lost because of work-related stress, depression and anxiety
- 9.3 million working days were lost due to work-related back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders
There are many things that employees can do not only to reduce their risk of work-related ill-health but also to utilise their time at work to maintain their health.
Everwell has a range of services that can help employers to enhance health in the workplace and encourage employees to take an active part in managing their own health.
For employers with larger numbers of employees on any one site and/or higher levels of sickness absence and/or annual statutory health surveillance requirements and/or are looking to promote a healthy working environment, Everwell would recommend you consider establishing a regular scheduled on-site Occupational Health service. We believe this can be a core element to establishing an effective value adding Occupational Health Service. It is incredibly easy to engage and flex to match your changing priorities and can include any typical activities, namely:
