Ebook Workplace Health is Good Practice: Framework for Action in Primary Care
Workplace health is good practice has been developed by the Health at Work in Primary Care project at the Health Development Agency and funded by the Department of Health. This guidance is aimed principally at general practitioners and their staff as well as other organisations with a role in supporting them, for example Primary Care Trusts/Groups.
An additional supplement has been published for PCT/Gs to help them in this role. It will also be of interest to other primary care employers such as dentists, pharmacists and opticians. This Framework for Action in Primary Care (FFAPC) has been written to reflect the progress in thinking and practice on improving workplace health within smaller organisations and the change agenda currently facing primary care staff.
The focus for general practice is clearly the health improvement and care of patients. Nevertheless, the quality of service provided by GPs, administrative/reception staff, practice managers and nurses is related to the impact of their working lives on their health. The benefits of workplace health can, therefore, be felt indirectly by patients as well as making a difference to individual staff and the practice as a whole.
The Health at Work in Primary Care (HAWPC) project has developed as part of the Health at Work in the NHS (HAWNHS) project. HAWNHS’s initial focus was on Health Authorities and Trusts (pre-PCT). More recently, however, the emphasis has shifted to give more support to those working in primary care.
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Acknowledgements
How to use the Framework for Action in Primary Care
Introduction
Background to the workplace health approach
Benefits of workplace health
What is workplace health?
Stage 1. Set up support structures
Stage 2. Gather information
Stage 3. Develop a strategic action plan
Stage 4. Implement and monitor plan
Stage 5. Evaluate the plan
Stage 6. Review plan and support structures
References
Organisations
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