NICE HEALTH GUIDANCE: WORKPLACE
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NICE HEALTH GUIDANCE: WORKPLACE
- 1. Promoting physical activity in the workplace Implementing NICE guidance 2008 NICE public health guidance 13
- 2. What this presentation covers Introduction Recommendations Costs and savings Discussion Find out more
- 3. Introduction • Focuses on activities either based in the workplace or outside the workplace but initiated or endorsed by employers. • Small, medium and large organisations • Public, private and voluntary sector organisations • Benefits to employers: - Better staff retention - Increased staff loyalty - Reduced sickness absence
- 4. Recommendations •Policy and planning •Physical activity programme •Supporting employers
- 5. Develop a physical activity plan or policy that: • maximises the opportunity for all employees to participate • involves staff in planning and development • has dedicated resources • sets organisational goals • links to relevant national and local policies Policy and planning
- 6. The programme could include: • flexible working policies • policies to encourage walking, cycling or the use of other transport involving physical activity • dissemination of information, for example, on local opportunities to be physically active • ongoing advice and support • confidential, independent health checks The physical activity programme (1)
- 7. The programme should: • encourage employees to walk, cycle or use other forms of transport involving physical activity to travel to and from work • help employees to be physically active during their working day • Encourage employees to set physical activity goals • take account of the nature of the work and any health and safety issues The physical activity programme (2)
- 8. Supporting employers Organisations with responsibility for increasing physical activity or for occupational health should provide support to employers who are implementing this guidance. This should ideally be in the workplace and include: • advice and other information on local resources • resources, for example, the services of physical activity experts If initial demand exceeds resources a targeted approach is suggested.
- 9. Costs and savings • People are essential to any business • Implementing a workplace physical activity scheme will incur some costs • The benefits are significant and far outweigh any initial costs
- 10. For discussion • How does employee wellbeing feature in our business plan? • How can we incorporate physical activity in our HR policies? • What physical activity programme do we have? • How is it evaluated? • How are staff involved in it? • How can we market a physical activity programme in our organisation? • If we introduce a physical activity programme, how will we measure the return on our investment?
- 11. Find out more Visit www.nice.org.uk/PH013 for: •Other guidance formats •Business case
Editor's Notes
- ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION: This presentation has been written to help you raise awareness of the NICE public health guidance on ‘Workplace health promotion: how to encourage employees to be physically active’. This guidance has been written for employers and professionals in small, medium and large organisations who have a direct or indirect role in, and responsibility for, improving health in the workplace. This includes those working in the NHS, local authorities and the wider public, voluntary, community and private sectors, especially those working in human resources or occupational health. It will also be of interest to employees, trades union representatives and members of the public. The guidance is available in two formats. You can download these from the NICE website or order printed copies of the quick reference guide by calling NICE publications on 0845 003 7783 or sending an email to publications@nice.org.uk. Quote reference number N1582. You may want to hand out copies of the quick reference guide at your presentation so that your audience can refer to it. You can add your own organisation’s logo alongside the NICE logo. We have included notes for presenters to help highlight key points to raise in your presentation and to provide supplementary information to the slides. Where necessary, the recommendation will be given in full. Please feel free to adapt, amend or remove these notes as you see necessary. DISCLAIMER This slide set is an implementation tool and should be used alongside the published guidance. This information does not supersede or replace the guidance itself.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: In this presentation we will start by describing why the guidance is important and then outline the recommendations. Costs and savings that are likely to be incurred are summarised, followed by a suggested list of questions to help prompt discussion. Information on how to find out more about the support provided by NICE is given at the end of this presentation.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: Many employers recognise that they have an obligation to the health and wellbeing of their workforce. Investing in the health of employees can also bring business benefits such as reduced sickness absence, increased loyalty and better staff retention. The guidance complements and supports NICE guidance on physical activity and the environment, workplace smoking and obesity. Additional information: Increased physical activity levels can help prevent and manage over 20 conditions and diseases including cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes and obesity. It can also help promote mental wellbeing. The guidance supports the following national policies: • ‘Flexible working: the right to request and the duty to consider’ (Department of Trade and Industry 2003) • ‘Health, work and wellbeing – caring for our future’ (HM Government 2005) • ‘Revitalising health and safety (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2000) • ‘Securing health together’ (Health and Safety Commission 2000) • ‘Strategy for workplace health and safety in Great Britain to 2010 and beyond’ (Health and Safety Commission 2004).
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: The NICE guidance contains four recommendations, which you can find in your quick reference guide. They cover the following areas: Policy and planning Implementing a physical activity programme Components of a physical activity programme Supporting employers To aide the flow of this presentation, we have grouped them using the three headings in this slide.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: Recommendation one is applicable to: organisations of all sizes (in larger organisations this might include their representatives, for example, human resources [HR] directors and senior managers); public health professionals, occupational health professionals, workplace health promoters; trades unions, other employee representatives and employees. Recommendation in full: Recommendation One (the action that should be taken): Policy and planning Develop an organisation-wide plan or policy to encourage and support employees to be more physically active. This should: include measures to maximise the opportunity for all employees to participate be based on consultation with staff and should ensure they are involved in planning and design, as well as monitoring activities, on an ongoing basis be supported by management and have dedicated resources set organisational goals and be linked to other relevant internal policies (for example, on alcohol, smoking, occupational health and safety, flexible working or travel) link to relevant national and local policies (for example, on health or transport). It should be supported by management and have dedicated resources.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: Recommendations two and three give advice on physical activity programmes. Here we look at recommendation two. Recommendation two is applicable to: organisations of all sizes (in larger organisations this might include their representatives, for example, HR directors and senior managers); public health professionals, occupational health professionals, workplace health promoters; trades unions, other employee representatives and employees. Recommendation in full: Recommendation 2 (the action that should be taken): implementing a physical activity programme Introduce and monitor an organisation-wide, multi-component programme to encourage and support employees to be physically active. This could be part of a broader programme to improve health. It could include: flexible working policies and incentive schemes policies to encourage employees to walk, cycle or use other modes of transport involving physical activity (to travel to and from work and as part of their working day) the dissemination of information (including written information) on how to be more physically active and on the health benefits of such activity. This could include information on local opportunities to be physically active (both within and outside the workplace) tailored to meet specific needs, for example, the needs of shift workers ongoing advice and support to help people plan how they are going to increase their levels of physical activity the offer of a confidential, independent health check administered by a suitably qualified practitioner and focused on physical activity.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: Recommendation three is applicable to: organisations of all sizes (in larger organisations this might include their representatives, for example, HR directors and senior managers); public health professionals, occupational health professionals, workplace health promoters; trades unions, other employee representatives and employees. It is also aimed at people responsible for buildings and facilities. Recommendation in full: Recommendation 3 (the action that should be taken): components of the physical activity programme Encourage employees to walk, cycle or use another mode of transport involving physical activity to travel part or all of the way to and from work (for example, by developing a travel plan). Help employees to be physically active during the working day by: - where possible, encouraging them to move around more at work (for example, by walking to external meetings) - putting up signs at strategic points and distributing written information to encourage them to use the stairs rather than lifts if they can - providing information about walking and cycling routes and encouraging them to take short walks during work breaks - encouraging them to set goals on how far they walk and cycle and to monitor the distances they cover. Take account of the nature of the work and any health and safety issues. For example, many people already walk large distances during the working day, while those involved in shift work may be vulnerable if walking home alone at night. For further recommendations on encouraging people to walk, cycle or use the stairs, see ‘Promoting and creating built or natural environments that encourage and support physical activity’ (NICE public health guidance 8).
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: Recommendation four is applicable to: directors of public health, public health practitioners in the statutory and voluntary sectors; local strategic partnerships; private, statutory and voluntary organisations with responsibility for increasing physical activity levels or for occupational health; trades unions, business federations and chambers of commerce. Recommendation in full: Recommendation 4 (the action that should be taken): supporting employers Offer support to employers who want to implement this guidance to encourage their employees to be more physically active. Where appropriate and feasible, this should be provided on the employer’s premises. It could involve providing information on, or links to, local resources. It could also involve providing advice and other information or resources (for example, the services of physical activity experts). If initial demand exceeds the resources available, focus on: - enterprises where a high proportion of employees are from a disadvantaged background - enterprises where a high proportion of employees are sedentary - small and medium-sized enterprises.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: The most successful physical activity programmes are those where the staff are consulted and the scheme is specifically tailored to their needs and requirements. Therefore it is not possible to quantify the costs of implementing such a scheme. Implementation will incur some costs. However, the many benefits to both businesses and the health of the population far outweigh any initial costs. These include: reduced sickness absence improved health and wellbeing of team improved employee satisfaction and staff retention improved productivity and reduced ‘presenteeism’ (reduced performance and productivity when working while ill) improved team working enhanced company profile.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: These questions are suggestions that have been developed to help provide a prompt for a discussion at the end of your presentation – please edit and adapt these to suit your local situation. Key points to raise: When considering how to implement a physical activity programme, the challenges of being a multi-site organisation would need to be considered. Several national organisations provide awards for businesses that look after the health of their employees. Programmes that encourage physical activity of employees can contribute towards obtaining such awards. The BHF, under its Well@Work programme, has studied examples of practice to improve health at work across the country. Their compendium of cases may support implementation of this guidance.
- NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: The guidance is available in two formats. There is a quick reference guide, which summarises the guidance, and the NICE guidance, which includes all of the recommendations in full. You can download them from the NICE website or order printed copies of the quick reference guide by calling NICE publications on 0845 003 7783 or by sending an email to publications@nice.org.uk. Quote reference number N1582. You may want to hand out copies of the quick reference guide at your presentation so that your audience can refer to it. NICE has developed a business case to help organisations implement this guidance, which can be found on the NICE website. It includes a template that can be amended and used to highlight the benefits and costs of a physical activity scheme for individual organisations.