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