April 2021
Welcome to the Healthy Working Wales April E-bulletin

Our monthly e-bulletin brings you the latest workplace health news, including Covid-19 guidance, health and wellbeing information and links to upcoming health promotion campaigns.

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Covid-19 Guidance, Advice & Support

The stay-at-home restrictions have been replaced by a new package of measures to begin the process of unlocking the strict Coronavirus regulations. To view the current restrictions and upcoming changes click here. If you would like to receive email alerts about new and updated Coronavirus information, please visit Welsh Government.

Healthy Working Wales Website 
A one-stop shop of Covid-19 related information, toolkits and resources including risk assessments, sector guidance, vaccination information and wider health campaigns and information. Visit us here. 

Thanks to all those employers who have completed our survey aimed at understanding the impacts of the pandemic on staff wellbeing and identifying what support HWW and other agencies can put in place for employers in the future. The survey, now open until 30 April, can be found here.

Your Responsibilities As An Employer: Coronavirus
Visit the Welsh Government pages for information about current Coronavirus regulations, sector specific guidance, risk assessment and much more. 

Business Wales
A directory of support, guidance and FAQ’s for Welsh businesses. Click here for more information.
New from Health & Safety Executive (HSE)

Every business, no matter size or type, should have a COVID-19 risk assessment tailored to the workplace that is regularly reviewed. To view the brief guide, click here.

Watch a new short animation from HSE here.

Risk Management Webinar 25 May 2021
Hosted by HSE, this free webinar is aimed at organisations wishing to understand and control different types of risks in the workplace. The webinar will feature a panel of experts and will include access to resources, products and services that can help develop a risk assessment programme. Click here to register. 
Report: Millions of UK Workers are Converts to Homeworking

Commissioned by Welsh Parliament, this report draws from a range of sources including employer/employee surveys and reports published by CIPD and the Confederation of British Business and the Institute of Directors.

The number of people working exclusively at home in Wales rose from 56,000 people before the pandemic to 485,000 in April. It then fell back to 231,000 in September 2020 before rising once again in November 2020 when it reached 308,000.

To view the full report click here.
Key Dates

Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, this years theme is ‘nature’ and the aim is to ensure everyone is able to experience the mental health benefits of nature.

National walking month encourages people to walk more throughout May. Initiatives include, Walk to Work Week and Walk to School Week.
Looking Forward

7-13 June Carers Week


14 -20 June Men’s Health Week

Links to a range of health awareness campaigns can also be accessed via our Healthy Working Wales website.
To view previous Healthy Working Wales e-bulletins, click here. 

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Due to the pandemic we have paused the HWW programme, however we remain active with our role to promote health and wellbeing. We are also contacting organisations where their workplace health award has/is due to expire to offer a Revalidation Status Check. If this applies to your organisation, please email workplacehealth@wales.nhs.uk