National and local strategies on occupational health and health and safety at work guide the work of the MPHDS.

The White Paper ‘Choosing Health: Making Healthy choices’ reaffirmed the important role of workplaces in improving the health of the working population.

National Service Frameworks on Cancer and on Coronary Heart Disease and on Mental Health all suggest ways in which workplaces can contribute to cutting the toll from these conditions.

Locally, Manchester City Council and NHS organisations are working together to improve the health of the working population.

National Occupational Health Policies

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Well-structured health promotion programmes involving the whole workforce can provide a range of benefits:

Effective Health Promotion Programmes	Updated: 11/06	20KB
Helping Your Employees to Improve Their Health	Updated: 11/06	52KB
Ideas for Health Promotion Activities in the Workplace	Updated: 11/06	28KB
Questions & Comments on Health & Employment Policies	Updated: 11/06	24KB

Health strategies involve planning overall how an issue or problem is going to be tackled and what actions and activities may help. A written policy may be needed as part of the strategy to make clear if there are particular procedures to be followed.

Drafting a Health Policy	Updated: 11/06	16KB
Effective Health Promotion Programmes	Updated: 11/06	20KB

For more information about alcohol issues please click here.

Developing a (Non-) Smoking Policy	Updated: 11/06	36KB
Stress and Mental Health Policy	Updated: 11/06	20KB
Health Checks and Screening	Updated: 11/06	36KB