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Wednesday 17th June 2009
Department of Health: NHS Confederation:
Keep Britain working - Johnson Research Findings
and Purnell respond to Dame
Carol Black report A new vision for mental
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of Information Speech by the Rt Hon Alan
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Protecting and promoting
Long hours and a heavy mental health in the workplace
Opening Hours: workload can cause stress. : developing a systems
Term Time: Between 2006/07 about 530,000 approach to job stress
Monday-Thursday 9am-7pm people in the UK reported work-
Friday 9am-4pm related stress at a level they
Vacation: believed was making them ill.
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Psychological problems, The effectiveness of current
including stress, anxiety and approaches to workplace
depression, are the underlying stress management in the
reason for one out of every five nursing profession: an
visits to a GP. evidence based literature
review
While pressure can be a
motivating factor at work,
excessive pressures or demands
can lead to work-related stress.
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Stress is “the adverse reaction
people have to excessive Flexible working and work-life
pressures or other demands balance
placed on them,” as defined by
the Health and Safety Executive Bullying in the workplace
(HSE).
Bullying in the workplace
Stress symptoms include: a
pounding heart or palpitations, a Discrimination in the workplace
dry mouth, headaches, odd
aches and pains, and loss of Your employment rights
appetite for food and sex. (disabled people section)
Grievance procedures - find
Work stress can be sparked by out more
things like a formal warning,
bullying, victimisation, increased How to resolve a problem at
work pressure, deadlines and work
management changes.
Health and safety
The way you deal with stress can representatives
encourage unhealthy behaviour,
such as smoking and drinking
too much, which can increase Unfair dismissal
your risk of heart disease. Constructive dismissal
Good stress management in the Take the workplace stress test
workplace is therefore critical to from NHS Choices Opens new
your overall health. window
Life coach Suzy Greaves says Work-related stress - more
one of the key skills to managing information from HSE Opens
workplace stress is knowing how new window
to say no.
HSE management standards
for employers on work-related
“I‟m constantly challenging
stress Opens new window
clients who say they have no
choice but to overwork," she
More about stress at work
says. "I coach people to become
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empowered and believe they
Advice for your employer from
have a choice.”
Business Link on how to deal
with stress Opens new window
She explains that saying yes can
win you brownie points in the
short term but if you take too
much on and fail to deliver “it can
In the press:
be a disastrous long-term
strategy”. 1. NHS trust becomes first
employer to be given official
“Have confidence in your „no‟ stress ...
when you think it's the right
decision, even though it may not 2. New Priory clinic will tackle
be the most popular one," she stress in the City - Health
says. “In the long term your News ...
ability to say no will be one of 3.
your most valuable attributes.” 4. Depression costs economy
£8.6bn a year - Health News,
Speak out Health ...
5.
6. Take it easy, it's only a job -
Learn to recognise the physical Health News, Health &
effects of stress and do Families ...
something about it before it 7.
makes you really ill. 8. Independence days: How
occupational therapists can
Greaves says knowing how help people to ...
much work you can take on at
any one time will prevent you
from exhaustion. Taking on too 1. Workers Health Insurance |
much can mean you end up Search Results | Mail Online
doing nothing well.
1.
Try to work out how long you will Healthy lifestyle 'reduces
need to deal with your current workplace stress'
workload so that you can see if 2.
you have any extra capacity. 1. HRreview Managing
Workplace Stress at the Met
“If you‟re already flat out and
your boss asks you to do more, 1. 'Important to manage
you can say no, outlining your workplace stress'
reasons in a specific, 2.
measurable way but always 1. Workplace stress 'must be
offering a solution.” tackled'
1. Bullying 'causes workplace
Learn to recognise the physical
stress'
effects of stress and do
something about it before it
makes you really ill. Beware of Articles:
work stress spilling over into
other areas of your life. Result <1>
Author
Guest, David. Budjanovcanin,
Irrespective of the source of your
Ali. Oakley, Patricia Title
stress, speak to your manager or
Planning the pharmacy
someone else you feel
workforce: who are the happy
comfortable talking to in your
pharmacists?
organisation, or get outside help.
Original Source
Pharmaceutical Journal, vol
Your employer has duty under 281, no 7530, Nov 29 2008
the Health and Safety at Original Description
Work Act 1974 to ensure the p 635-637
health, safety and welfare of their
employees. They are also Result <2>
required to conduct risk- Author
assessments for work-related Philipp, R. Thorne, P
Title
stress. Would complementary and
alternative medicine be
If the problem isn't work-related, welcomed in the workplace?
they may be able to support you Original Source
in some way or help to take Public Health, vol 122, no 10,
some pressure off you at work Oct 2008 Original Description
while you resolve the stress in p 1124-1127
your personal life.
Result <3>
Author
The HSE offers support to
Wilkinson, Anita
anyone whose responsibility it is
Title
to tackle work-related stress in
Off balance doctors at risk
an organisation.
Original Source
BMA News, Nov 15 2008
That might be the person who Original Description
has responsibility for human p 10-11
resources, a health and safety
officer, trade union Result <4>
representatives or line Author
managers. Peterson, Ulla. Bergstrom,
Gunnar. Samuelsson, Mats.
The HSE believes good Asberg, Marie. Nygren, Ake
management practices can help Title
reduce work-related stress. It Reflecting peer-support groups
offers a management standards in the prevention of stress and
approach to help employers take burnout: randomized controlled
sensible and practical steps to trial Original Source
minimise stress in the workplace. Journal of Advanced Nursing,
vol 63, no 5, Sep 2008 Original
Your GP can also help. Doctors Description
aren't experts in employment law p 506-516
but they can help you analyse
the situation, explore the Result <5>
psychological background and Author
refer you to more specialised Eriksson, Ulla Britt. Starrin,
help if necessary. Bengt. Janson, Staffan Title
Long-term sickness absence
Last reviewed: 31/07/2008 due to burnout: Absentees'
experience Original Source
Qualitative Health Research,
Next review due: 31/07/2010
vol 18, no 5, May 2008 Original
Description
Workplace stress test p 620-632
Take this short test to find out if Result <6>
your job is leading to stress. It Author
will provide you with a short Estryn Behar, Madeleine.
assessment plus lots of useful Heijden, Beatrice van der.
guidance and links to get further Camerino, Donatella. Fry,
information. Clementine. Le Nezet, Olivier
Title
Please click here. Violence risks in nursing -
results from the European
Make work work for you 'NEXT' Study Original Source
Occupational Medicine, vol 58,
no 2, Mar 2008 Original
Back pain at work Description
p 107-114
Beating stress at work
Video: be happy at work Result <7>
Author
Take the stress test Castelo Branco, C. Figueras,
F. Eixarch, E. Quereda, F.
Work yourself well Cancelo, M J Title
Stress symptoms and burnout
Video: back stretches in obstetric and gynaecology
residents Original Source
Laptop health BJOG - An International
Journal of Obstetrics and
The afternoon energy slump Gynaecology, vol 114, no 1,
Jan 2007 Original Description
p 94-98
All other articles on Workplace
health Result <8>
Author
Video: back pain Ostrowski, Jan
How to sit correctly Title
Video: MND teacher NHS employment law on
Preventing RSI negligence claims Original
Bullying at work Source
Employing Nurses and
Video: depression
Midwives, no 95, Jun 2005
Original Description
p 11-12
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