NICE to develop new guideline on workplace health

07/04/15 . Blog

NICE is seeking to appoint a number of topic expert members to its public health advisory committee (PHAC) to develop a new guideline on ‘workplace health: support for employees with disabilities and long term conditions’.

NICE is interested in people with experience in the following topic areas: activities that aim to support employees with a disability or long-term condition to stay in or return to work, and activities that promote job progression.

We are looking for representation from professionals with an occupational health, personnel development, employee advocate/representation (including trade union reps and others with a good understanding of employment law) or management background, who can demonstrate relevant knowledge and experience. We are also interested in people with an academic background with expertise in the above areas.

Tackle stigma and help men with long term conditions

The Men's Health Forum's new guide 'How to engage men in self-management support' offers tips on how to engage men with long-term conditions in self-management programmes based on a systematic review.

Our Men's Health Manifesto highlights health at work and the need to tackle stigma and discrimination in when it says Don't wait for men to engage - especially on mental health.

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The Men’s Health Forum need your support

It’s tough for men to ask for help but if you don’t ask when you need it, things generally only get worse. So we’re asking.

In the UK, one man in five dies before the age of 65. If we had health policies and services that better reflected the needs of the whole population, it might not be like that. But it is. Policies and services and indeed men have been like this for a long time and they don’t change overnight just because we want them to.

It’s true that the UK’s men don’t have it bad compared to some other groups. We’re not asking you to ‘feel sorry’ for men or put them first. We’re talking here about something more complicated, something that falls outside the traditional charity fund-raising model of ‘doing something for those less fortunate than ourselves’. That model raises money but it seldom changes much. We’re talking about changing the way we look at the world. There is nothing inevitable about premature male death. Services accessible to all, a population better informed. These would benefit everyone - rich and poor, young and old, male and female - and that’s what we’re campaigning for.

We’re not asking you to look at images of pity, we’re just asking you to look around at the society you live in, at the men you know and at the families with sons, fathers and grandads missing.

Here’s our fund-raising page - please chip in if you can.

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