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Stress in your workplace? – Harrogate, 22 February 2012

HSE — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:30:03 +0000

Harrogate and District Health and Safety forum – free event. The aim of this event is to help you understand the causes of stress in order to prevent identify and manage it in your workforce and relate this to what the law expects of the employer.

Managing Work-Related Stress at an Organisational and Individual Level, 31 October – 1 November 2011 – Places still available

HSE — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:30:17 +0000

Suitable for managers, health and safety or HR professionals, this comprehensive 2 day course considers the management of work-related stress at organisational level and examines individual stress management. HSL laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, 31 October – 1 November 2011

Business solution case studies

HSE — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:50:16 +0000

Four business solution case studies have been added to the Stress website: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust, Hertfordshire County Council and Oxfordshire County Council. These case studies are designed to explain the manner in which other organisations have implemented the changes, where they encountered stress related issues, how these were resolved and the ultimate benefits they achieved.

Do Your Bit – Last chance to access subsidised training from HSE

HSE — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:30:56 +0000

Final few places available.
This new HSE two day course (with an optional third day) 75% funded course is designed to increase employee health and safety knowledge and skills, combined with training on the “people skills” needed to effectively represent their colleagues and work collaboratively with managers.

Do Your Bit – Last chance to access subsidised training from HSE

QVC – stress case study

HSE — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:15:54 +0000

QVC increased awareness of stress among its line managers and by taking action produced a 20% decrease in the average number of employees on long-term absence in a year.
QVC – stress case study

Stress eBulletin – subscribe for free email news and updates

HSE — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:00:35 +0000

Keep up to date with the latest news and updates from the HSE Stress team, Subscribe today for free eBulletin email.

Stress eBulletin – subscribe for free email news and updates

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council – Stress case study

HSE — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 08:00:47 +0000

Doncaster MBC reduced its stress-related sickness absence by 13,194 days in a year. It also learned from challenges along the way to improve its approach.

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council – Stress case study

Do Your Bit with subsidised training from HSE

HSE — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:00:24 +0000

HSE is providing an opportunity to take part in a fully funded “joint” workshop for health and safety representatives and their managers. These worker involvement workshops focus on developing a more collaborative approach to the management of key health and safety risks, covering topics such as stress, hand arm vibration, working at height and musculoskeletal disorders.

They are open to any size of organisation, from any sector, who have an identified need to improve their current health and safety consultation arrangements. These workshops can be delivered either within your organisation (a minimum of 8 delegates must be present) or along with other organisations.

Find out more about locations, dates and content of workshops by calling HSE’s dedicated training provider (Premier Partnership) on their “do your bit” training team number 01302 349629, or alternatively email details to: the do your bit training team

Do Your Bit with subsidised training from HSE

Work related stress – online exercises for health and safety representatives

HSE — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:45:14 +0000

Simple online exercises to help workforce representatives understand their role.

Tackling stress at work – the roles everyone has to play

HSE — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:00:02 +0000

By working together you can successfully tackle the causes of work related stress, everyone in an organisation has a responsibility for the health and wellbeing of themselves and their colleagues.

By working together each person can help to promote and maintain health and wellbeing and prevent stress at work affecting your business.

Tackling stress at work – the roles everyone has to play

HSE Management Standards and stress-related work outcomes

HSE — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:00:13 +0000

Paper produced to assess the impact of the Management Standards on work related stress outcomes. Produced for and published by the Society of Occupational Medicine.

The research paper aimed to investigate the relationship between the HSE MS and the following stress-related work outcomes: ‘job satisfaction’, job-related anxiety and depression and errors/near misses.

View research paper ‘HSE Management Standards and stress-related work outcomes’

Tackling stress – everyone has a role to play

HSE — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:10:22 +0000

By working together you can successfully tackle the causes of work related stress. These pages show how everyone in an organisation has a responsibility for the health and wellbeing of themselves and their colleagues.

Tackling stress – everyone has a role to play

Stress at work – Work related stress – Research and statistics

HSE — Tue, 04 May 2010 11:47:28 +0000

Stress at work is a major issue, if you want to see how big, see the stats, but together we can successfully manage and prevent it. HSE can help you prevent work related stress and comply with the law.

Stress – Line Manager Competency Indicator Tool

HSE — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:36:01 +0000

Line managers play a vital role in the identification and management of stress within the organisation. The HSE, in association with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Investors in People, has designed a tool to allow managers to assess whether they currently have the behaviours identified as effective for preventing and reducing stress at work.

Stress – Line Manager Competency Indicator Tool

Tackling stress – Oxford Council create teacher support programme

HSE — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:40:56 +0000

Stress case study, Oxfordshire County Council knew that stress was an issue in some of its schools from looking at absence data and feedback from trade unions.

The Council encourages schools to take action on stress and its HR department was tasked with producing a programme of work that would help reduce stress in the participating schools.

Tackling stress – Oxford Council create teacher support programme

Keep your workplace “safe and sound” – practical help and guidance

HSE — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:00:52 +0000

Find out how you can improve the involvement of workers to keep your workplace “safe and sound”. The “do your bit” website contains practical help and examples of what others have done.

Keep your workplace “safe and sound” – practical help and guidance

Tackling stress – Harrogate NHS case study

HSE — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:55 +0000

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust give nurses more time to care. This project will add value to the patient experience by maintaining high quality of care; achieving higher levels of job satisfaction and going beyond patients expectations.

Tackling stress – Harrogate NHS case study

Subscribe to the HSE Newsletter

HSE — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:38:32 +0000

Subscribe to HSE’s Health and Safety Newsletter and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. The newsletter is published six times a year and all subscribers are eligible for a 10 per cent discount on all other purchases from HSE Books.

For example, in the latest issue, you can read about controlling health risks in the workplace, find out about our new stress website…

Subscribe to the HSE Newsletter

HSE Newsletter for February/March

HSE — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:30:19 +0000

New edition of the HSE newsletter published, Subscribe and you’ll find out the best ways to tackle today’s key health and safety issues. For example, in the latest issue you can read about the new phase of our Shattered Lives campaign, find out about controlling health risks in the workplace, find out about our new stress website…

Subscribe to the HSE Newsletter

Tackling stress – case studies

HSE — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:00:36 +0000

The following case studies are designed to explain the manner in which other organisations have implemented the changes, where they encountered issues, how these were resolved and the ultimate benefits they achieved.

Tackling stress – case studies