Working Voices

Working Voices is our local NHS programme that aims to reach people at work.

Health and wellbeing in the workplace is more important than ever

The NHS has always been at the heart of local communities including the business community. We’ve relaunched Working Voices across the Humber and North Yorkshire region.

Our aim is to work with businesses to help you support and your staff to improve their health and wellbeing.  We also want to engage with your staff, giving them the opportunity to talk to us about health services in their area so we can plan and design future services that will meet their needs.

The scheme helps build relationships between employers and the NHS in partnership with local authorities, voluntary community services, voluntary sector organisations and other health service providers.

The NHS has always been at the heart of local communities. We want to support your staff to improve their health and wellbeing by providing information about local health and lifestyle services. We also want your employees to have their say about local health services to help us plan and design services that meet their needs and preferences.

We want to help your business in your efforts to support a healthy workforce

In the UK 118.6 million* working days were lost to sickness or injury in 2020. In Yorkshire and the Humber region 2% of working days are lost due to sickness absence compared to a national rate of 1.8% for the UK. Musculoskeletal problems, such as back and joint pain, and mental health conditions are two of the main causes for absence with nearly 37 million days lost for these two reasons alone.

Supporting your employees to have good health and wellbeing brings many benefits to your business including reducing sickness absence, lowering staff turnover, increasing employee satisfaction, and improving productivity.

Find out more by reading the Working Voices brochure

To speak to someone about Working Voices email hnyicb.workingvoices@nhs.net

For more information on improving your health and wellbeing visit Let’s get better, an online place packed full of top tips, health advice and where to find local services, all designed to help you live a healthier, more active life.

What’s in it for employers?

• A direct contact in your local NHS to support workforce health and wellbeing
• A means of helping the workforce understand that employers care about their health, by giving opportunities to have their say about
  local health services
• Signposting to lifestyle services for delivery in the workplace
• Access to health campaign information
• Opportunities to attend health seminars tailored to businesses
• Support to create workplace wellbeing events
• Good publicity – we’ll be sharing our partnership working across the NHS and social media

What support is available?

Joining Working Voices gives local businesses direct access to a range of services that can support employee health and wellbeing. Examples may include the following which can be tailored to each individual business:

• NHS Health Checks
• Emotional wellbeing; mindfulness,
  stress management, mental health first aid
• Support to become a ‘Mindful Employer’
• Access to smoking, drug, alcohol and
  weight management services
• Physical activity options
• Access to health campaign materials

Working Voices in action

The Probation Service

Watch our short video to see how the Probation Service has benefited from partnering with Working Voices.