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The Responsibility Deal Health at Work Network aims to improve health in the workplace and to support improvements in employee health and in turn the health of the public. It is chaired by Dame Carol Black, National Director of Health and Work and Chair of the Nuffield Trust, it is supported by Earl Howe,(Frederick Richard Penn Curzon) Parliamentary Secretary for Quality at the Department of Health. [1] As with the other Public Health Responsibility Deal networks it is comprised of a mixture of corporate, public bodies and NGOs. The network will consider how to reduce work place absences with a particular emphasis on mental health it will also look at how employers can support work based health promotion for example in smoking cessation programmes and health checks. Working groups have been established to look into four related but specific areas:

  • Health and Wellbeing Local Business Partnerships – three pilots where large companies mentor local Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on employee health and wellbeing.
  • Engaging SMEs - analysing the most effective ways of engaging SMEs in workplace health and wellbeing, and developing a website that brings together SME-relevant information.
  • Managing Chronic Conditions guides – developing guides for employers and employees on managing people with chronic illness in the workplace.
  • Occupational health – developing practical guidance to help occupational health services support and encourage employers in safeguarding and improving the health and wellbeing of their workforce.[2]


Invited attendees

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  1. Department of Health Health at Work Network accessed 14th September 2011
  2. Department of Health Health at Work Network accessed 14th September 2011
  3. Department of Health Health at Work Network accessed 14th September 2011