Healthy Workplaces Team
Healthy Workplaces
Public Health
Castlewood
Clevedon
BS21 6FW
Information about the scheme
The Healthy Workplaces and wider Better Health North Somerset team have partnered with Pier Health Group to deliver health checks within workplaces as part of a National pilot programme. We aim to deliver 2,600 health checks to employees aged 30 years old and over in their place of work before the end of March 2025.
These checks will spot the early signs of heart disease and provide people with the information they need to reduce their risk of having a heart attack, stroke, kidney disease or developing diabetes or dementia.
If your workplace would like to have the opportunity to offer these free health checks to your employees, please contact healthyworkplaces@n-somerset.co.uk
Information for employees and employers
Most of us spend a large proportion of our time at work, whether that is going out somewhere to work or working from home. Workplaces plays a key role in contributing to the health and wellbeing of employees, which in turn supports the health of the organisation.
Workplace health checks are available in participating workplaces for employees aged between 30 and 74 years old who haven’t been diagnosed with conditions like coronary heart disease, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, transient ischaemic attack, familial hypercholesterolaemia, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease or stroke. The health checks are available for employees who haven’t had a NHS health check in the last 5 years.
We would like to support those who work in North Somerset to be as healthy as possible. Please find below local support in North Somerset:
Drink less
Info, hints and tips to cut down and further support
Eat well
Eating well at work
Food support
An interactive map of North Somerset with foodbanks, community fridges, allotments and more
Get active
Local ways to get active, support plus hints and tips to gradually get more active
GP, pharmacy, minor injury unit, NHS 111, sexual health services
Who to go to and how
GP, pharmacy, minor injury unit, NHS 111, sexual health services
Healthy Lifestyle Service
1:1 and group support to get active, eat well, be a healthy weight and support with liver health
Healthy Lifestyle Service info
Looking after your wellbeing
Advice and signposting to improve mental wellbeing and what to do in a crisis
Wellbeing and mental health info
Lose weight
Free offers like Slimming World and Healthy You
Oral health
How to take care of your teeth and mouth, including info for children, teenagers, adults and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Pregnancy and post-natal health
Keeping healthy throughout pregnancy, exercise post-natal health, exercise and nutrition courses, breastfeeding support
Pregnancy and post-natal health info
Stop smoking
Effective ways and support to become smoke free
Vaccinations
MMR, whooping cough, seasonal flu and other vaccinations
Do you work in North Somerset but live somewhere else?
If you work in North Somerset but live in a different area, please see below for your local health and wellbeing information:
- Bath and North East Somerset – Healthy living Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Bristol – Bristol health and wellbeing services
- Devon – Improving your health and wellbeing in Devon
- Dorset – Live Well Dorset Health & Wellness Coaching – Free Advice & Support
- Somerset – Somerset Activity & Sports Partnership – Health coaching service
- South Gloucestershire – One You and weight management services South Gloucestershire
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