A Scottish Plan for Action on Safety and Health 2016 and beyond

A Scottish Plan for Action on Safety and Health 2016 and beyond Robert Atkinson Organisational Lead Occupational Health and Safety NHS Health Scotland

Context Scotland s accident and ill health statistics Working-age population Occupational Health and Safety, (regulation devolved powers and economic importance) A Plan for Action how this fits and where Next steps your involvement

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overall/hssh1516.pdf?pdf=hssh1516

Profile of the current workforce in Scotland Population of Scotland 5.2 million 3.3 Million people of working age 2.46 million people in employment Private sector (1.88M) Large companies (> 250 staff) 2% Small/medium sized companies (< 250 staff) 98% Approximately 1.1m employed in SMEs

Age Structure of Scotland's Population, 2004-2031

Health status of people of working age in Scotland Mercer, S. et al. The Scottish School of Primary Care s Multimorbidity Research Programme

Health outcomes and determinants by occupation and industry in Scotland, 2008 2011

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/overall/hssh1516.pdf?pdf=hssh1516

Health & Work Continuum In work At risk of losing work Out of work on benefits Safe & Healthy Short-term absence Ill/Injured long-term absence Incapacitated Cost to society

Scotland s Fair Work Framework Fair work is work that offers effective voice, opportunity, security, fulfilment and respect; that balances the rights and responsibilities of employers and workers and that can generate benefits for individuals, organisations and society.

Acting together HGBWW says: Across each nation, region or sector, we need collective ownership that best reflects local circumstances encouraging others to take ownership of health and safety will be critical in making this theme successful. This means everyone collaborating to reach those who may have been less engaged.

Why a Scottish Plan for Action on Safety and Health Review of the existing evidence on the health and safety system in Scotland August 2015: Overall work-related ill health and injury rates - similar across all regions and nations of GB Some individual sectors performance merits deeper investigation Get better value from PHASS - Raise profile - enlist more partners and resources Co-ordinate evidence to target action Join up sector-specific groups to share and learn Provide proper framework for co-operation Integrate action on health and safety with Scotland s priorities - reducing heath inequalities, inclusive economic growth and fair work

Framework for co-operation Rolling programme 2016 and beyond Proper framework for evidence-based partnership action Contributes to HGBWW, Fair Work Framework, NHS Health Scotland s aims to reduce health inequalities, inclusive growth Anyone can propose standard template Approval and progress monitored by PHASS Outcomes, learning and evaluation reported to PHASS building evidence-base

Action under four broad themes Strengthening engagement and partnership action in poorer performing sectors in the Scottish context Integrating health & safety with government agendas for economic growth and health and fair work Improving health and safety management and in particular of occupational health Strengthening and acting on the evidence base

Actions Facilitating a national OHS adviser network for SMEs Developing an OH training framework for colleges (agriculture) Supporting employers on driver health Reviewing management approaches for mentally healthy workplaces in the NHS Mapping the health and safety system Gathering intelligence and soft data All actions to have evaluation criteria Key Themes Strengthening engagement and partnership action in poorer performing sectors Improving management of occupational health Integrating workplace H&S with the Scottish Government agenda for economic growth health and fair work Developing the evidence for action Actions Creating a Scottish Social Care Partners Forum Establishing an industry partnership in a manufacturing sector Improving worker engagement on health and safety in the waste and offshore oil & gas sectors Providing an OHS advice service to homeworkers in social care Introducing Worker Safety Advisers in a poorperforming sector

Selected actions in the current programme Developing a national occupational health and safety advisor network for SMEs Reducing work-related stress and creating mentally healthy workplaces in the NHS Establishing a Scottish Social Care Partners Forum to improve health and safety Piloting an advice and support service for individual care workers Improving workforce engagement in health and safety in specific sectors X3 - waste, Off shore, Manufacturing Provision of occupational health training framework in the agricultural sector Sharing success and learning by linking award and recognition schemes in Scotland Fair Work Theme Fulfilment Effective Voice Security Respect Effective Voice Security Respect Effective Voice Security Effective Voice Security Respect Effective Voice Fulfilment Respect Effective Voice Opportunity Respect Effective Voice HGBWW Theme

Selected actions in the current programme Developing driving tools kits and interventions for employers in relation to driver health Sharing statistics across the community Developing a map of the H&S community Fair Work Theme Fulfilment Effective Voice Security Respect Security Effective Voice Security Respect Effective Voice HGBWW Theme

Your role Understand how you can participate in the overall health and safety system in Scotland? Contribute to action plan: can you help deliver current set of actions? are they relevant to you in your sector; could you take similar action in your sector? Suggest new actions evidence for big, important problems we need to tackle now (or to prepare for the future world of work)? Join the web community by sending an email to SPlASH@hse.gov.uk