Rail industry collaboration on health and wellbeing

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1 A Better, Safer Railway Rail industry collaboration on health and wellbeing How the rail industry works together on health and wellbeing issues, within Leading health and safety on Britain s railways.

2 Rail industry collaboration on health and wellbeing Industry leaders have collaborated to produce Britain s first rail industry health and safety strategy. The strategy, Leading health and safety on Britain s railways (LHSBR), focuses on those elements of health and safety risk management that can be improved by companies working together, both within and beyond the legislative requirements, to achieve greater gains in health and safety performance. Aligns industry safety strategies Monitoring system performance Leads safe delivery of change DUTY HOLDERS Manages undertaking s safety risks Leads co-operation with other duty holders & industry partners Assess whole system risk guidance, standards Provides tools analysis, research RDG DELIVERS SAFE RAILWAY Facilitates investigations coordinated accident industry delivery ALIGNS ALIGNS & & PROMOTES Rail Safety Leadership ENABLES & INFORMS against strategy progress Informs on RSSB Independent RAIB recomendations Makes INVESTIGATES INVESTIGATES Certifying & authorising safety certifcates Supervises industry safety management systems SUPERVISES & ENFORCES ORR Advises on legislative requirements Develops, monitors & enforces regulatory framework Advises on good safety Facilitates management safety collaboration How the rail industry comes together to manage health and safety Leadership is at the heart of this strategy. It has been developed by rail industry leaders to provide a framework for collaborative improvement of health and safety performance. Leaders form each of the industry duty holders have given their support to this strategy and are committed to: Championing it within their own businesses Reflecting it in their own company plans and systems Empowering their teams to engage and deliver it Facilitating cross industry arrangements Leading specific activities 2 RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing

3 LHSBR Purpose Provide a focus for leadership in key areas where collaboration will deliver health and safety performance benefit Be a reference point for how health and safety is managed on the railway Identify collaborative strategies where cross-industry action will deliver improved management of health and safety risks Twelve risk areas provide a focus for specific priority initiatives: These twelve industry risk areas have been put forward for collaborative development. 1 Workforce health and wellbeing 2 Public behaviour 3 Station operations 4 Road risk 5 Level crossings 6 Fatigue 7 Workforce safety 8 Infrastructure asset integrity 9 Workforce assaults and trauma 10 Train operations 11 Freight 12 Rolling stock asset integrity Ten of the twelve risk areas are overseen by the SSRG (System Safety Risk Group) and have a saftey focus. Eight industry risk groups, supported by task and finish groups manage development of these risk areas. LHSBR Risk Areas Workforce Health & Wellbeing Fatigue Risk Groups Health & Wellbeing Policy Group (HWPG) Sector Organisations Public Behaviour: Suicide Public Behaviour: Trespass Station Operations Workforce Assaults & Trauma Road Risk Level Crossings Workforce Safety Infrastructure Asset Integrity Train Operations Suicide Prevention Duty Holders Group (SPDHG) Trespass Risk Group (TRG) People on Trains and Stations Risk Group (PTSRG) Road Risk Group (RRG) Level Crossing Strategy Group (LCSG) Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group (ISLG) Train Accident Risk Group (TARG) System Safety Risk Group (SSRG) RDG TOC Safety Forum National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) Network Rail Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group (ISLG) Rail Supply Group (RSG) Railway Industry Association (RIA) Freight National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) RMT ASLEF TSSA RSSB ORR DfT RDG Twelve risk areas and eight industry groups overseen by SSRG RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing 3

4 Health and Wellbeing Policy Group (HWPG) The Health and Wellbeing Policy Group (HWPG) provides oversight for two risk areas of LHSBR and is the senior group to consider health across the strategy. Health and wellbeing issues are specifically identified as an important area for development of industry capability and maturity. LHSBR Risk Areas Risk Groups Health and Wellbeing Risk Groups Sector Organisations Workforce Health & Wellbeing Fatigue Health & Wellbeing Policy Group (HWPG) System Safety Risk Group and Sub Groups (SSRG) Public Behaviour: Suicide Public Behaviour: Trespass Station Operations Workforce Assaults & Trauma Road Risk Level Crossings Workforce Safety Infrastructure Asset Integrity Train Operations Suicide Prevention Duty Holders Group (SPDHG) Trespass Risk Group (TRG) People on Trains and Stations Risk Group (PTSRG) Road Risk Group (RRG) Level Crossing Strategy Group (LCSG) Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group (ISLG) Train Accident Risk Group (TARG) Coordination of Fatigue Groups Mental Wellbeing Working Group MSDs Working Group Health and Wellbeing Professions Influence Policy Committee Enhance communications Key Topic Focus 1: Fatigue Health Economics Group (Data Key and Topic Health Focus and 2: Mental Wellbeing Evaluation) Wellbeing Key Topic Policy Focus Group 3: MSDs (HWPG) H&W Risk Assessment Working Group Healthy Behaviours Working Group RDG TOC Safety Forum National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) Network Rail Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group (ISLG) Rail Supply Group (RSG) Railway Industry Association (RIA) Freight National Freight Safety Group (NFSG) RMT UNITE TSSA RSSB ORR DfT RDG HWPG and it s subgroups Within the HWPG we make use of industry accepted tools, developed in cooperation with significant input of industry professionals, to guide our collaborative effort. Mental Wellbeing Fatigue Potential individual\business risk High Medium Low Individual Health and Lifestyle Risk Factors Presenteeism Chronic Illness Whole body vibration HAVS MSD Respiratory Conditions Noise Temperature Paints / Solvents Skin Conditions Drugs (recreational / Medical) Biological Conditions Radiation DSE EMF Health and wellbeing riskmap We use a risk map to coordinate industry activities to manage health and wellbeing risk and prioritise industry response. Efforts continue to gather data to improve reliability of the risk map. Embryonic Maturing Understanding Embryonic Maturity of management 4 RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing

5 Health and Wellbeing Roadmap We manage an industry agreed roadmap that drives the themes and capabilities for improvement and has a work bank of key tasks. When delivered these activities will achieve a step change in health and wellbeing management. Theme Tasks Outcomes Our Vision Capability Themes Strategic Theme Industry Leadership OH Services Reporting and Monitoring H&W Risk Assessment Influence Policy Enhance understanding Key Topic Focus 1: Fatigue Key Topic Focus 2: Mental Health Key Topic Focus 3: MSDs Develop Health Standards and guidance Implement strategies for wellbeing and rehabilitation Develop Cross Industry H&W Data Collection Improve H&W Benchmarking Evaluate H&W Change Manage occupational health risks within the rail system Support individual health risk assessment and management Rail leaders promote rail as a good place to work and invest Rail is knowledgeable in its use of health expertise Industry can demonstrate control over health Occupational Health risk management is comparable to the best industries in the UK GB Railway is an industry where everybody takes responsibility for Health GB and Railway Wellbeing is and an benefits from it industry where everybody takes responsibility for Health and Wellbeing and benefits from it. Principles of Working: A collaborative approach Share best practice Evidence based decision making One size does not fit all Keep it simple 5 Healthy Behaviours Improve wellbeing within railway roles Increase employee role in health Adjust industry roles so that they benefit employee health Employees have healthier working lives Cost Effective RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing 5

6 The HWPG oversees the H&W roadmap and risk map and is made up of champions that represent each of the key themes and capabilities identified. Andy Thomas Chair of the Health and Wellbeing Policy Group A fellow of both the Institute of Civil Engineers (FICE) and the Institute of Directors (FIoD), Andy has over 30 years of both public and private sector experience providing strategic, programme and operations leadership to major transport and engineering businesses, including successful strategic leadership roles within Transport for London and Transport for New South Wales in Australia. Andy took up the post as Route Managing Director for Wales within Network Rail (NR) in the summer of 2016 following a five year international career, his last role overseas being with the Keolis Group where he was Managing Director for the Hyderabad Metro in India. In 2018, he moved into the role of Managing Director of Strategic Operations at Network Rail. Dr Richard Peters Champion for Occupational Health Services Dr Peters is chief medical officer at network rail and provides assurance to the board, the company as a whole and wider GB rail industry on all occupational health, wellbeing and ergonomics matters. He is currently chair of the occupational health professions committee which aims to maintain high standards of occupational health medicine in the rail industry. Lorenzo Viseintin Champion for Health Risk Assessment Lorenzo is Group Head of Environment, Health and Safety at Arriva plc, and holds Fellowships of the Royal Society of Public Health, Institute of Leadership and Management, and the International Safety Quality Environment Management Association and is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health. He is a peer reviewer for IOSH, Policy & Practice in Health and Safety (Taylor & Francis) and The Occupational Psychologist (European Academy of OH Psychology), as well as an Independent Member of the HSE Myth-buster Challenge Panel. Nicola Ujien Champion for Healthy Behaviours Nicola is a recognised rail industry leader in the field of Safety, Health and Environment. Nicola has influenced the infrastructure contractor sector through her roles at Costain and as the deputy Chair of the Infrastructure Safety Leadership Group (ISLG). The Healthy Behaviours Group is focussing on a behavioural change programme for wellbeing in the transportation sector, setting challenging targets to lead the way in improving people s lives utilising behavioural science methodology and achieve a step change. Stuart Webster-Spriggs Champion for Fatigue Stuart is HSQES Director VolkerRail Ltd and is a Past Chair of ISLG and RIAG. Stuart is currently leading the facilitation of collaboration and co-ordination between the activities of three industry fatigue working groups (TOC / FOC / Infrastructure), in line with LHSBR and in conjunction with the work being undertaken by the RSSB. The outcomes will give a greater understanding of the issues involved with data to determine direction and emphasis of the group s objectives and outcomes by a consistent risk based approach to fatigue and determination of tools available to all. We will ensure science and CBA s support processes and unintended consequences are adequately considered for new technological solutions. 6 RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing

7 Nayia Solea Champion for Mental Wellbeing Nayia has a background in Health Psychology and she is leading the Health & Wellbeing Programme for Siemens Mobility, Rail Automation, as well as chairing the Mental Wellbeing Subgroup within RSSB. Her work within the group focuses in embedding mental wellbeing into existing health and wellbeing structures and facilitate culture change within the industry, by collaborating with key stakeholders and developing practical approaches to enable understanding of mental health and aid prevention and rehabilitation of mental illnesses. TBC Champion for Reporting and Monitoring Neil Boyd Champion for Musculoskeletal Disorders Neil is a clinical specialist Chartered Physiotherapist who has worked for Transport for London for over 13years where he has regularly acted as the subject matter expert on a number of human factors projects. He also sits on the Trains competency development group ensuring that the input and value of occupational health is considered during the hire to retire life cycle of the employee. In a separate but not unconnected role Neil is a member of a medical strategy committee within Irish Rugby that aims to maximise the wellbeing of the professional player. The role of the H&W Champion is to: Promote and progress a key topic or capability theme from the roadmap Sit on the HWPG to discuss progression of their theme and support other champions Chair an industry group and/or coordinate with leads from existing industry groups Work in collaboration with a dedicated RSSB technical support for their theme area Form a work plan for the development of their theme that: o Is prioritised in conjunction with the industry H&W risk map o Agrees outcomes over the next 2-3 years for the theme they champion o Supports the delivery of one to three tasks/projects within their theme Gain commitments from industry partners to put in resource to run the projects/tasks Promote the outputs of tasks/projects in their theme area with industry colleagues The group also benefits from advisers from: ORR, RMT, ASLEF, TSSA, UNITE, NR RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing 7

8 Industry champions and their interest groups receive RSSB technical support for their respective areas Darryl Hopper Principal Lead for Health and Wellbeing Darryl leads the health and wellbeing team and seeks to keep the direction and development of the Health and Wellbeing Roadmap in keeping with the requirements of railway companies. His work focuses on the support of the industry Health and Wellbeing Policy Group, the strategies this group develops and the development of reporting and monitoring capability within industry. Contact Contact number: Paul E DA rcy H&W specialist - Occupational Health Paul will be working to support the Health and Wellbeing Roadmap deliver key projects focussing upon occupational health. Paul hopes to do this through revitalising occupational health standards and guidance published by RSSB to support the work of occupational health professionals in rail. He also hopes to help strengthen consideration of occupational health matters across RSSB workstreams recognising the substantial efforts already made by RSSB teams to do this. Key interests that drive Paul s sense of purpose in OH include developing the OH evidence base and translating it into practice, education and development of existing OH staff and supporting trainees to protect the future OH workforce. Contact paul.d arcy@rssb.co.uk Contact number: Vacant H&W Specialist - Occupational Hygienist The role of occupational hygienist is one that is rarely employed within rail and yet the role is vital to provide detailed occupational health assessments and support the role of Health and Safety managers. This role will provide expert knowledge to help guide the development of health risk controls and management strategies. We will evolve risk management around key themes such as silica dust, DEEE, HAVS and ensure health surveillance requirements have expert input. Niamh McMahon H&W Specialist Employee Wellbeing Niamh is the lead for Employee Wellbeing at RSSB. She has a background in Nutrition and Weight-loss and has a real understanding of the importance of long term behavioural change techniques for sustained results in the area of health and wellbeing. Her focus is on developing a holistic approach to employee wellbeing within rail including sleep, nutrition and physical activity. Contact niamh.mcmahon@rssb.co.uk Contact number: / RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing

9 Dan Basacik Human Factors Lead Fatigue Dan is a Chartered Ergonomist and leads RSSB s work on fatigue and alertness. This entails carrying out or overseeing research projects, providing technical input and giving advice to members and cross-industry groups on topics such as the causes and effects of fatigue. Dan also provides approaches to help individuals and organisations to prevent fatigue and manage the risk associated with fatigue and loss of alertness. Contact Dan.Basacik@rssb.co.uk Contact number: Michelle O Sullivan H&W Specialist Clinical Psychology Michelle is the lead for Mental Wellbeing at RSSB. Guided by industry needs, her work focusses on raising awareness and supporting the industry s promotion of good mental health and wellbeing. This includes consolidating current industry practice, sharing knowledge about what works, and providing consultancy to the industry on mental wellbeing. Contact michelle.o sullivan@rssb.co.uk Contact number: Lisa Regan Risk Analyst H&W Data and Analysis Lisa will support the ongoing development of a cross-industry health and wellbeing database and undertake analysis and reporting. Lisa will develop and make use of models for health and wellbeing data and tools such as the health and wellbeing risk map that support decision making in health and wellbeing. Analysis will help us to better prioritise risk and create cases for industry change where the cost benefits can be proved. We will make use of existing databases such as those offered by Britain s Healthiest Workplace to support industry learning as efficiently as possible. Jordan Smith Senior Human Factors Specialist - Ergonomics Jordan is a Chartered Ergonomist and Human Factors Specialist, and will be taking a lead role for RSSB s work on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). His primary focus is developing and embedding Health by Design principles in the rail industry, creating awareness of current best practice and increasing industry knowledge of the importance of Health by Design. Contact jordan.smith@rssb.co.uk Contact number: RSSB s technical support supplies expertise for the industry and support the ongoing development of the group and its communications. This experise is either rarely found within industry or plays co-ordinating role for experts found within rail companies. However, the groups will not be successful without the expertise from industry acting within goals the of the collaborative framework. To become involved with Railway Network to Collaborate on Health and Wellbeing please contact: Health&Wellbeing@RSSB.CO.UK RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing 9

10 The Health and Wellbeing capability industry deserves The HWPG and its network are seeking to acquire these identified benefits on behalf of the rail industry. 3 Members are connected. Communication channels are highly active via industry groups, a dedicated list of company contacts, e-bulletins and briefs 2 1 Collaborative groups reduce the costs of company change programmes through shared resources and range of products Network participants gain opportunities for CPD points and share work experiences with other change agents, aiding momentum and focus 4 Within rail, health services are strong, standards drive good performance, and our companies know how to get the best use of medical knowledge 5 We manage health in the supply chain and in the design of technology and automation to minimise health risks entering the rail system 10 RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing

11 9 We horizon scan to understand societal health risks so we can mitigate negative impacts and make use of medical technology 8 6 Duty holders use company data to monitor performance and use cross-industry data to benchmark and gain context for health risk We have good understanding of our health risks and control them as low as reasonably practicable 7 Benchmarking and networking creates a shared understanding of risk and therefore priorities for investment and change 10 We work alongside our employees to support good mental health and physical wellbeing 11 Be involved with the network: Our managers are confident about managing health and welbeing issues and are happy to discuss them with their teams Join a HWPG Topic Group Sign up to receive the H&W industry bulletin Be on the primary contacts list To do so either Follow this link: and add a few personal details or Contact one of the RSSB health and wellbeing team. RSSB l Collaboration on health and welbeing 11

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