Workshop teaches benefits of healthy workers

There's a chance for businesses to find out more about how to keep their workers healthy next week.

A free one-day workshop for business, public services and charities is being held next Thursday, launching a new toolkit to improve employees' wellbeing.

The event is being organised by the Department of Health and Social Care and follows a presentation last October about the benefits healthy workers bring to the economy.

Health and Social Care minister Kate Beecroft says with the amount of time people spend in work it's vital to promote physical, mental and emotional wellbeing in the workplace.

She says a number of larger companies have already done encouraging work but there's still more to do, especially for smaller businesses. 

The workshop will show how you can introduce a workplace health and wellbeing programme and features expert speakers from the UK and the Island.

You can book your place online or by calling the Public Health Directorate on 642639.