Safety & Health at Work Congress 2003 - 19th-22nd May 2003 - Halls 10, 11, 12, NEC, Birmingham

Programme : Day Three - Wednesday 21st May

C1 ‘Securing health together’

10.00 Registration & Coffee

10.30 Introduction from the chair
Dr Nerys Williams, Head of the Employment Medical Advisory Service, Health and Safety Executive

10.40 Health and Work: developing essential management skills
Lawrence Waterman, Chairman, Sypol Ltd

  • How does health affect business?
  • How can managers intervene to benefit their organisations?
  • What skill do managers need?
  • Where is there evidence of good management practice?
  • Why is health management too important to leave to the ‘experts’?

11.10 Managing health in the business
Sue Guest, UK Health & Safety Manager, Powergen

  • The ‘business case’ for health as well as safety
  • Establishing clear corporate health goals
  • Line managing health and work
  • Putting more 'H' into H&S

11.40 Co-operate to rehabilitate
Dr Pauline Dibben, Lecturer, Human Resource Management, Middlesex University

  • The importance of vocational rehabilitation
  • Conceptualising the role of vocational rehabilitation
  • Key elements in effective workplace rehabilitation
  • Internal and external influences on workplace rehabilitation

12.10 Working together to tackle drink and drugs
Andy Slovak, Chief Medical Officer, BNFL

  • Alcohol, drugs and performance impairment
  • Recreational use and abuse
  • Establishing the need for action
  • Key ingredients for a successful policy
  • Getting workforce and line manager buy-in
  • Keeping everyone on-board
  • Monitoring and review

12.40 Open Forum

13.00 Close

C2 Case Studies

13.30 Coffee & Registration

14.00 Ask the workforce: body mapping: a case study
Hugh Robertson, Head of Bargaining Support and Health & Safety, UNISON

14.30 Getting OH services and advice to smaller firms
Dr Kit Harling, Director, NHS Plus

15.00 Open Forum

15.30 Close

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