This document summarizes a health and wellbeing pilot project conducted with over 300 office employees of an international gas company. The 6-month project addressed Responsibility Deal pledges around healthier staff diet, health checks, and physical activity. It involved health screenings, interventions to promote diet, exercise, stress reduction, and more. Key results included a 30% increase in active employees, an 18.5% decrease in hypertensive blood pressure, and 75% of employees improving their stress levels after a course. Employees provided positive feedback and the project created a healthier work environment with ongoing initiatives like weekly fruit availability.

1. Public Health Responsibility Deal
Health at Work Network Partnership
Forum
Wednesday 21 November 2012
The following case studies were submitted by
Responsibility Deal partners at this event.
Dame Carol Black, Expert Adviser on Health at Work
to the Department of Health judged CTC
Physiotherapy’s case study as the best on the day.

2. Introduction Project Design
CTC healthcare have developed, delivered and evaluated a health and o Participation in the project started with health checks (assessing
wellbeing pilot project for over 300 office based employees at an international cholesterol, blood glucose, blood pressure, body composition, stress,
gas company. anxiety, depression and physical activity levels.
Aim: Improve the physical, social and psychological wellbeing of employees o The project involved multiple health intervention promoting health and
within the 6 month project. wellbeing within the workplace .
Responsibility Deal Pledges addressed by this project: o Re-screening of health parameters allowed for a rigorous analysis of the
H4 – Implement measures for encouraging healthier staff diet. changes in biopsychosocial wellbeing and recommendation for maintenance
H6 – Offer staff health checks. and legacy of the health and wellbeing project.
P4 – Promote physical activity in the workplace.
PROJECT PROCESS:
• Analysis to
• On site • Stress
direct • Project Analysis
Project champion Health • Diet & Exercise Reduction
Health intervention Structured Health Re- • Continued
Marketing & selection Promotion • Alcohol course
screening • Development Interventions screening promotion &
Promotion • Champion days Awareness • Accelerometer
of daily project legacy
focus groups Challenge
interventions
MONTH 1 MONTH 6
Key Results & Main Outcomes
• 161 employees participated in the health screening
• 29 employees were provided with G.P referral letters based on
their health check results for blood pressure, cholesterol & blood
glucose
• 30% increase in individuals with an ‘active’ physical activity index.
• 18.5% decrease in individuals classed as having hypertensive blood
pressure.
• 75% of employees attending the stress reduction course improved
their stress classification on the DASS questionnaire.
Project Feedback PROJECT BENEFITS!
• Development of a ‘healthy’ working environment!
o ‘I feel that I now have the tools to make changes, improve how I approach
• H4 pledge - On-site champions driving the legacy of daily initiatives such as
each day and deal with stress/tension/difficult tasks’ Stress reduction course
participant fruity Friday (promotion & availability of fruit, free for staff every Friday).
o ‘understanding more about what foods are good for us was probably the • H6 pledge – Preventative referrals and advice provided via health check
highlight of the day for most of us’ Healthy eating class participant consultations. Health checks are now an annual event!
o Overall I think that the Health and Wellbeing project has been phenomenal' • P4 pledge – Immediate health benefits from daily walk 4 life promotion. Local
Head of communications success of the accelerometer challenge has created a national initiative.

10. Responsibility Deal progress
HEALTH AT WORK PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOOD
Collective pledges signed: Collective pledges signed Collective pledges signed
• Occupational Health • Physical activity in the workplace • Non-use of artificial trans fats
• Chronic conditions guide • Salt reduction
• Smoking cessation 2012 highlights • Calorie reduction
• Healthier staff restaurants We organised the Global Corporate • Fruit and veg
• Staff health` checks Challenge (GCC) - a 16 week
2012 highlights
• Young people pedometer virtual walking
We have removed all artificial
• Mental health adjustments challenge aimed at achieving at
trans fats from our entire product
least 10,000 steps per day. We used
portfolio.
the competitive angle to engage
2012 highlights Over 99% of Mars’ entire retail
the Sales teams, who are not site
New pledges signed on smoking portfolio meets 2012 salt reduction
based resulting in 238 of them
cessation, staff health checks, targets.
signing up .
young people and mental health We have signed the calorie
adjustments. In aid of Sport Relief, a mile long reduction and have committed to
walking route was set up at our stop selling chocolate products
We took part in the Government’s Slough site, with £2 donated to the with more than 250kcal globally by
national Stoptober campaign across charity every time an employee the end of 2013.
our sites, with charity match completed the mile. We have signed the new fruit and
funding offered as an additional veg pledge, which will be delivered
incentive. Various Games 4 Life activities were
through new product development
organised across sites, including a
and education campaigns.
golf tournament and “Go Ape”.