Mayfield Urges Shift in Workplace Health Approach
The Government will establish a three-year vanguard project with employers and health providers to create a new "healthy work standard" and reduce employee absenteeism.
This follows the Keep Britain Working review, led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, which calls for a
"fundamental shift"in approach to workplace health and wellbeing.
- Moving from a model where health at work is largely left to the individual and the NHS
- To one where it becomes a shared responsibility between employers, employees, and health services
Employers, both large and small, will work with health service providers, including GPs, primary healthcare services, occupational health providers, and insurers.
Author's summary: Mayfield calls for a shift in workplace health approach.