Healthy Workforce
For millions of small and medium-sized businesses aross the UK, the impact of employee absence through illness can be huge.
That’s why the free ‘Health for Work Adviceline’ has been created by the NHS. The adviceline, which is supported by The British Chambers of Commerce, provides small business owners and managers with the expert advice and support they need to help team members being affected by ill health.
Millions of working days are lost each year because of problems like back pain and work-related mental health issues such as stress, anxiety and depression are increasing, making it more important than ever for employers to:
- Find the advice they need today to support an employee experiencing ill health
- Develop a plan to effectively and sympathetically deal with employee sickness absence
- Establish how to deal with similar problems in the future, should they occur
- Think differently about your business and how to make it a healthy workplace
The free Health for Work Adviceline will help businesses to address issues of employee health and to reduced absenteeism
The Adviceline can be contacted on 0800 077 8844 or at www.health4work.nhs.uk