In all of its activities, the guiding mission of the Council will be to ensure that people have the best opportunities to benefit from the positive health impacts of employment, and that workers are not injured or made ill by the work that they undertake.
To this end, it will aim to:
· Provide necessary support to maximise opportunities for individuals to access, retain or regain employment; · Prevent health conditions caused or made worse by work and the working environment; and · Promote the improvement of health and wellbeing of the working age population. 14 December 2009
I am now the Association representative on the Council for Work and Health and I would like to thank Sarah O’Hara for all her hard work in representing the Association to date. The work of the Council, with its independent chair, Diana Kloss, is gaining pace and our next meeting is scheduled for February 2010. Regular updates on the work of the Council will be placed on the Association website.
At the meeting held on 27 October 2009 Dame Carol Black clarified that the work being done by the National Stakeholder Council and CWH would not conflict and it was hoped that both Councils would be able to work together.
A working party, led by Diana Kloss, was to be set up to consider how to inform the public of what professional qualifications mean. Additionally a separate working party will deal with OH nurse training and the NMC. AOHNP will be part of this working party since we have already made contact with NMC on this subject.
The next meeting of the Council for Work and Health will be held in February 2010.
