Welcome to Hertfordshire Healthy Workplace Programme
Hertfordshire County Council has developed a FREE health and wellbeing offer
to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SME's) from the private and voluntary sector, and their employees.
Organisations can access support in two ways, via joining the Herts Healthy Workplace accreditation scheme or through booking NHS and Wellbeing checks for their employees.
The Herts Healthy Workplace Programme
This FREE support enables employers in Hertfordshire to address health concerns in their workplace by giving them the knowledge, resources, training and skillset needed to create a wellbeing led culture.
Through the programme, organisations will receive 1:1 support from a Workplace Health Specialist and unlock incentives including:
- Access to an online platform with a wide range of health and wellbeing resources
- Training of Workplace Health Champions within the organisation
- NHS Health Checks
- Bespoke employee wellbeing reports
- Advertising and promotion of your achievements
NHS Health Checks
Free check ups on heart and blood vessel health are available at Hertfordshire GP Practices and at various locations across the county via the Better Health Bus.
NHS Health Checks are for those who:
- Are aged 40-74
- Are registered with a GP in hertfordshire
- Do not already have heart disease, stroke, diabetes or kidney disease
- Have not had an NHS Health Check in the last 5 years
Check are roughly 20 minutes long, involving lifestyle questions, cholesterol, height, weight and blood pressure measurements and isometimes a blood sugar test.