IOSH launches workplace heart disease guidance
Health & Safety update 14/06/2012
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has
launched new guidelines to help employers to be aware of heart
disease in their workplaces.
The IOSH has published the information to help companies promote
health living among their workers and to support those who are
recovering from or being treated for heart disease. Around 1.5
million people in the UK have suffered a heart attack, and the
guidelines will help with those who have or are planning to return
to work.
The heart disease Occupational Health (OH) Toolkit includes
information on causes, signs and symptoms and different types of
heart issues. It will give tips and advice on rehabilitation and
how to accommodate someone who is returning to work, and will also
signpost the key organisations and sources of information for more
help, as well as provide legal advice on employers’ statutory
duties.
IOSH Research and Information Services Manager, Jane White, said
that every employer could be affected by heart disease among their
workers, so it is crucial that they are well informed.
“Our information on heart disease was an essential module to add
to the toolkit because heart disease can affect anyone at any time
of their life and it’s a duty of employers that they have the
health and wellbeing of their employees at the forefront of their
priorities,” she said. “Employers are now more than ever
recognising that they have a corporate social responsibility to
provide a healthy working environment for their employees.”
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