'Sharpening the Focus on Performance' - 13-16 May 2002 - Gallery Suite 1, 2, 3 NEC - Birmingham
Programme : Day Three - Wednesday 15th May
Investing in Health
C1 Congress Session 10.00 - 13.00
Chair:Sandra Caldwell, Director of Health Directorate, Health and Safety Executive
10.00 Coffee
10.30 Introduction from the chair
10.40 Adapting work to people: new approaches to preventing musculo-skeletal disorders
Speaker: Peter Buckle, Head of Robens Centre for Health Ergonomics, Robens Institute, University of Surrey
- The MSD epidemic
- Bad for people, bad for business
- Finding out if you have a problem
- What managers need to know about ergonomics
- Finding solutions through participation
- Simple, low cost adaptations that work
- Learning from other organisations and use of the web
11.10 Reducing the work related health damage in the NHS - a strategic approach
Speaker: Stuart Emslie, NHS Controls Assurance, Department of Health
- What work related ill-health costs the NHS
- Common conditions and causes
- Focusing on the ‘H’ in OS&H management
- Getting staff involved
- Setting measurable targets for change
- Developing awareness and skills
- Finding simple solutions that work
11.40 Managing asbestos in buildings - developing cost effective strategies
Speaker: Bill MacDonald, Head of Asbestos Policy Section, Health and Safety Executive
- The continuing asbestos ill health tragedy
- Continuing exposure in premises
- The proposed duty to manage
- Developing a strategic approach
- Avoiding panic, wasted resources and ineffective solutions
- Access to specialist services
12.10 Stress solutions that really work
Speaker: John Humphrey, Senior Vice President, Marsh Occupational Health
- The extent of stress at work
- Who’s stressed and why
- The cost of getting it wrong
- Developing stress management strategies that work
- Employee assistance programmes
- Stress as an OS&H management priority
12.40 Open Forum
13.00 Close
C2 Best Practice Case Studies 13.30-15.30
13.30 Coffee
14.00 ‘How we reduced days lost due to sickness absence'
Speaker: Dr Sayeed Khan, Head of Occupational Health, Rolls Royce PLC
14.30 ‘How we have tackled musculo-skeletal disorders'
Speaker: Dr Colin Thompson, Project Manager, Toyota
15.00 Open Forum
15.30 Close
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