See how you can promote the health of your employees. Join one of our webinars in May demonstrating our online self-management course.

On the back of the Government report “Health at work – an independent review of sickness absence”, NICE are producing a set of guidelines for employers and employees on effective and cost-effective approaches which promote and protect the health of workers, see: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/gid-phg58/resources/workplace-health-policies-and-approaches-to-support-employees-with-disabilities-and-longterm-conditions-draft-scope-2.

We are one of the stakeholders consulting with NICE and I am writing to make you aware of how our self-management online programme can help you:

1. improve the general health and wellbeing of the working-age population
2. support more people with health conditions to stay in work or get back to work

We are running a series of webinars in May demonstrating our online self-management course. If you would like to be involved in one of these 30 minute demonstrations, please get in touch.

self management uk is a registered charity based in London, providing nationwide self-management courses to individuals living with long-term conditions. Established for over 12 years, we work closely with the NHS and influential health bodies and to date we have facilitated over 130,000 patients to become confident self-managers. On our web-based self-management course, participants will receive online support from our fully-trained peer tutors throughout the programme and will be able to interact with other people with long-term conditions via the programme’s online forum, to support their development and be the catalyst for the establishment of sustainable community based self-help groups.

Why self-management?

Our courses can significantly augment Occupational Health service offerings to employers/employees. In addition, the courses we run will ultimately save employers money as employees feel more confident in managing their conditions, therefore they take and use less NHS resources = less time off work. Over 71% of people agree that they feel more confident in managing their condition after completing the course. 83% of employees agree that paid work is good for physical and mental health.

Self-management techniques have been proven to:

• improve the self-esteem of attendees
• provide them with positive self-care behaviours
• give the attendees a better quality of life
• provide them the skills to self-manage their long-term condition(s) for life
• improve their well-being through greater confidence and reduce stress of attendees

Benefits to Employers

• Strengthens the Organisation’s Occupational Health initiatives
• Assists myriad of health conditions, including stress and persistent pain
• Encourages employees back into the workplace, reducing the frequency and cost of sickness absence
• Augments the Government “Health, Work and Wellbeing Initiative”
• Is cost effective and easy to implement

For further information please contact:

Sarah Barker, Commercial Executive – Online
M: 07500 039696
E: [email protected]