Workplace health 2016 : why should employers care?
•
1 like•610 views
This presentation is for the event for employers in Hertfordshire, identifying key health challenges for employers, why they should take notice and what they can do
Recommended
More Related Content
What's hot
What's hot (20)
Similar to Workplace health 2016 : why should employers care?
Similar to Workplace health 2016 : why should employers care? (20)
More from Professor Jim McManus AFBPsS,FFPH,CSci, FRSB, CPsychol
More from Professor Jim McManus AFBPsS,FFPH,CSci, FRSB, CPsychol (20)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
Workplace health 2016 : why should employers care?
- 1. www.hertsdirect.org Workplace Health : why should employers care? Jim McManus, Director of Public Health Hertfordshire Workplace Wellbeing Event 4th November 2016
- 2. www.hertsdirect.org Covering • Health inequalities in Hertfordshire and the impact on workplaces. • Why a Public Health Workplace Wellbeing Offer? • The cost of employee ill-health on workplace productivity.
- 3. www.hertsdirect.org Health challenges for employers Stress Poor Mental Health Drugs /Alcohol Smoking related respiratory diseases NPS (Legal Highs) Dementia – carer time Carers at work Musculoskeletal disease Diabetes Compound effects of sedentary lifestyles These are all causes of Lost productivity
- 4. www.hertsdirect.org Just finished year of mental health • Over 1000 workplace mental health champions • BIGGEST cause of absenteeism • Major cost to health and economy • Much of it preventable or reducable
- 5. www.hertsdirect.org Key Points 1. Good health supports employee productivity and employer outcomes 2. Key task for employers is build a positive psychosocial workplace – The Psychological Contract 3. There are lots of simple things employers can do. Some of them discussed here 4. Poor mental health and poor physical health is costing your business!
- 6. www.hertsdirect.org • Overall, Hertfordshire generally has better health outcomes compared with the rest of the country as a whole. • This reflects the fact that Hertfordshire is a more prosperous area than average – health outcomes are closely linked with levels of deprivation. Health in Hertfordshire – the big picture
- 7. www.hertsdirect.org It’s all relative… • So when looking at variations (or inequalities) in health outcomes across the country, we get a positive picture of health in Hertfordshire… • …but when we compare health outcomes in Hertfordshire with those in areas that have similar levels of deprivation, we start to see opportunities for improvement.
- 8. www.hertsdirect.org Looking closer • Simply looking at figures for Hertfordshire as whole, however, masks the variations in health outcomes which are present within the county itself. • A health statistic which looks better than average at a county level, can present a much more varied picture of outcomes when shown at district level.
- 9. www.hertsdirect.org Inequalities between areas • Stark contrasts emerge when we begin to compare wealthier parts of the county with those which are less well-off: Local authority ranking (higher is better) Health outcome St Albans Stevenage Cancer deaths 78 / 324 282 / 324 Heart disease deaths 57 / 324 268 / 324 Lung disease deaths 86 / 323 281 / 323 Liver disease deaths 11 / 301 89 / 301 • We see a clear pattern across Hertfordshire, with people living in less deprived areas generally living longer…
- 10. www.hertsdirect.org Life expectancy - why should you care? • Stark contrasts emerge when we begin to compare wealthier parts of the county with those which are less well off:
- 11. www.hertsdirect.org Inequalities between social classes • Health inequalities occur between different sections of the population, as well between different geographical areas. • Across the country, we see a health gradient across the class spectrum, with those who are better off generally experiencing better health and the poorest in society experiencing the worst health outcomes…
- 13. www.hertsdirect.org Lifestyle variations between social classes • Many of the causes of health inequalities are preventable through lifestyle change, including eating more healthily, reducing levels of drinking, becoming more physically active and quitting smoking. • Smoking is now much more common among people in lower paid occupations and is a major cause of health inequalities:
- 14. www.hertsdirect.org Inequalities between other groups • As well as inequalities based primarily on wealth and social status, we see variations in health outcomes based on a range of other characteristics, e.g. – male life expectancy is consistently lower than female life expectancy – levels of physical activity and smoking vary significantly across ethnic groups – the level of overweight and obesity is significantly higher among people living with a disability compared with those who don’t have a disability • When variations become compounded by deprivation-based inequalities between geographical areas, the differences in outcomes are even more stark; e.g. – male life expectancy in the Stevenage ward of Woodfield is 75.9 years – female life expectancy in the St Albans ward of Harpenden South is 88.6 years
- 15. www.hertsdirect.org Highlighting inequalities between districts
- 20. www.hertsdirect.org The Problem for Employers • 2/3 of sickness absence avoidable – Smoking related ill health – Musculoskeletal ill-health – Mental health and stress related – Increasing risk of preventable disability in employees with age – The more risks you have, the more illness you have (multiplicative effect)
- 21. www.hertsdirect.org It’s costing you • Sickness absence • Productivity Established relationship between lifestyle related risk factors (smoking, inactivity, obesity) and productivity absenteeism and health claims. • (Buron et al,2005, Wellsource, 2006 & University of Michigan, 2006)
- 22. www.hertsdirect.org Example - smoking • £58 m annual cost in smoking breaks • £50.8m annual cost in sickness absence • 1500 deaths a year in working age adults • Smokers 5 times as likely as non smokers to have sickness absence EVERY year from ‘flu and chest infections GETTING THEM TO QUIT NEEDNT COST YOU A PENNY
- 23. www.hertsdirect.org And Hertfordshire shows the same pattern!
- 24. www.hertsdirect.org And Hertfordshire shows the same pattern! The new retirement age. 2/3 of population will be in disability by Retirement age
- 25. www.hertsdirect.org Slide courtesy of Gay Sutherland
- 28. www.hertsdirect.org Dementia -projections 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 Numberofpeople Year People aged 65 and over predicted to have dementia, by age, projected to 2020, Hertfordshire 90+ 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 Source: www.poppi.org.uk
- 30. www.hertsdirect.org Mental Health • Biggest single cause of sickness absence • Mostly avoidable or remediable at early stages • Significant cause of ET claims and workplace disputes • Area most employers feel least prepared for • 1 in 4 of population have in lifetime • 1 in 3 of workforce report sickness absence around it
- 31. www.hertsdirect.org How? Starting Places 1. Build a positive psychosocial workplace/happy workplace – Values and behaviours which value people – Diversity across all diversity strands – Train people to be resilient – Embed resilience and self care skills into managers and staff – Pleasant working environment – Encourage people to be open about MH issues
- 32. www.hertsdirect.org Starting Places 2. Embed work-life balance into policies and working arrangements 3. Leave policies 4.Deliver MH first aid training and also awareness training 5.Ensure your MH Policies are up to date 6.Ensure people can access support when they need it 7.Identify return to work packages for people with MH issues
- 33. www.hertsdirect.org What is the root issue? • There is a flow from low risk to high risk to disease for the working age population • This leads to: • Diseases of lifestyle • More risk, more absence • Compound risk, compound absence • Low productivity
- 34. www.hertsdirect.org Productivity Decreases with Number of Health Risks Excess Productivity Loss Productivity Loss (%) Base Cost Number of Health Risks (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;47:769-77 (n = 28,375))
- 35. www.hertsdirect.org Absenteeism Increases with Number of Health Risks Number of Health Risks (Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2005;47:769-77 (n = 28,375)) Base work loss days/yr Excess Work Loss days/yr work loss days/yr
- 36. www.hertsdirect.org What can be done • An effective Workplace Wellness strategy is to stop migration of people to higher risk and keep low risk people at low risk. • Champions recruiting other businesses and employers
- 37. www.hertsdirect.org The Herts Approach • The Workplace Offer • Amassadors Group • About self-interest
Editor's Notes
- What we want to cover Why tobacco remains important National and Local Tobacco Control Priorities Review of progress towards meeting TC ambitions Review of smoking cessation targets/performance Highlight the importance of priority groups Discuss and debate the issues and consider what our Tobacco Control ambitions Consider how smoking cessation services should be prioritised
- Screen shot of PHE Longer Lives tool show Herts ranking for premature mortality
- Our ‘tartan rugs’ provide a snapshot of statistically meaningful variations in outcomes across the county. This one is derived from the statistical indicators included in Public Health England’s annual Health Profiles. Along with our other tartan rugs, it can be downloaded from: http://www.hertshealthevidence.org/data-hub/by-product/tartan-rugs