Organisational Health Check

Stress has grabbed the headlines in recent years as a major cause of ill health at work. Understanding and managing the potential impact on productivity, employee relations, attendance and performance can substantially reduce the effects and help your organisation comply with legislation governing stress in the workplace.

Our Organisational Health Check provides the basis for demonstrating your Duty of Care with regard to:

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 to assess the risk of stress-related ill health arising from work activities
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to take measures to control that risk.

Our three-phase approach

The health check amounts to an organisation-wide stress risk assessment or stress audit and is conducted in three clear phases.

Phase 1
A specially designed and confidential online questionnaire is completed by all staff to identify potential sources of stress. We collate the results and then set up and manage focus groups of employees to explore issues from the ‘bottom-up’ and to generate possible solutions. Our approach puts employees at the heart of the stress management strategy.

Phase 2
An audit that analyses organisational information such as sickness absence, staff turnover, customer satisfaction, grievance/disciplinary issues and any other relevant data. The audit helps to identify broader trends that may be contributing to workplace pressures.

Phase 3
A report and presentation that combines the information, analysis and results from the first two phases. We offer specific recommendations for management action based on what we know works and set against Health and Safety Executive benchmarks. Our solutions are realistic, achievable and qualified by wide experience.