Occupational health restructuring and transformation

Occupational health business transformation allows significant enhancements to be made to in house services or enhancement of service provided by external suppliers. Our team of consultants specializes in transforming systems, policies and processes to achieve business wins and enhanced service delivery.

Consultancy services include:

  • Procurement support
  • Restructuring personnel
  • Merging occupational health departments
  • Leadership mentoring or interim management
  • Clinical governance management
  • Data management
  • Wellbeing strategy development
  • Mental health and musculoskeletal strategy development
  • Development of efficient administrational processes
  • Communication and branding
  • Compliance and risk management

Angela Huxham, Director if Workforce Development. Kings College Hospital NHS Trust
“Staff absence at King’s was already well managed when Wellbeing4business highlighted just where our processes, administration, efficiency and most importantly our service to the Trust could be enhanced. The transformation is supported by a new ‘employee assistance programme’ and has coincided with a move to ‘fit for purpose’ accommodation. The new service was officially launched in October 2010 by Dame Carol Black. The service has improved visibility within the Trust and the team is enthusiastic about their role in enhancing the quality of patient care.”

 

Rodney Semple, Business Efficiency Manager, Business Management Directorate, Gloucestershire County Council, May 2010
We found Wellbeing4business very easy to work with. You were able to offer us a combination of medical expertise and OH business acumen that allowed us to make significant improvements to our service. We reduced costs by 15% and improved the reputation of OH. We would be happy to work with you again.

 

Bev Edgar, Director of Workforce NOC NHS Trust 2009
“Mark is always keen to explore the most efficient way to deliver all types of employee services and is a specialist in identifying best practice in Occupational Health and Employee Assistance Programmes. His many contacts enable him to navigate provider services in a cost effective way and often results in considerable savings for employers. The Wellbeing4business approach is not solely based on saving money but fosters an open and transparent culture that ensures staff are more forthcoming in communicating any long term health problems without feeling the need to hide their reasons for missing work. This holistic approach ensures the physical, psychological and social health of employees is understood and shared with managers and HR team alike..”

Managing absence and stress

Managing attendance and especially mental health requires a clear strategy, efficient processes, reliable data and confident managers.
Our team of consultants have a proven track record in developing strategies that help keep people well and processes that provide fast and efficient rehabilitation back into work

Consultancy services include:

  • Review of policy, process and procedures
  • Analysis of absence and wellbeing data
  • Review/development of training programmes for line managers
  • Review of management referral processes and case management
  • Definition of the cost of absence
  • Identification of quick wins and long term strategy

Mandy Coalter, Director of HR & OD, Heart of England NHS Foundation
Trust 2008

“It was important for us to have a better understanding of sickness absence in
our organisation and move our approach from one of managing illness to that of proactively promoting the health of our workforce. Sickness absence has a significant impact on patient care and productivity and is a real priority for the Board.

 

The audit done by Wellbeing4business is enabling us to focus our action and ensure we are using our resources appropriately. Wellbeing4business brought to the table a wealth of experience in the Occupational Health and Employee wellbeing field and gave us a clear independent view of where we are. Sickness absence has a significant impact on patient care and productivity and is a real priority for the Board. Wellbeing4business enabled us to fully assess how we should tackle absence and promote a positive well being culture.

 

As a result, long term absence has reduced by 30% and our overall absence rate has dropped. We have seen real cost savings as a result, but more importantly it means our staffs are well to care for patients.”