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Why setting
health & safety
standar
high is so
ds
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Staff keen to relax with a massage and a smoothie
fect fit
ENERGY
important
ENERGY
well in the recent corporate
STAFF at Cathcart and
RETAIL HEALTH FAIRS SMOKING A
assessment of our health and
Wholesale performed
recently had the chance to relax with a
s
massage, provided by the Powerclub and
Aspect House George McCluckie, the first aider at
T ASPECT HOUSE
Cloud Nine as part of the health fairs.
House, organised a smoking cessation
group for No Smoking Day
Aspect
and Safety
afety systems.
ScottishPower business to con
Every year the Group Health
h
duct an assessment supported
Team visits each
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c
and to provide blood pressure and
Staff from Occupational Health were on ting to attend a session with a counsellor
screening and advice. One highlight was the
holesterol checks as well as general health
Smoothie Bar where Colin, from Eurest,
t
by external consultants.
set up a beach hut demonstrating how to
gum to help them beat the cravings.
from Smoking Cessations in Hamilton.
He arranged for 16 staff interesting in quit
.
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Standards of Leadership;
This assessment is based on
make smoothies and letting people
As may be expected, there were some
She supplied the group with patches and
Employee Involvement; Risk
he 12 Group Health and Safety
have samples.
who fell by the wayside but there was a
Management,
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hardcore of around six who stuck it out and,
t
feedback about the health fairs
e have received very positive
as far as we know
Information & Communication;
so look out for one coming
the weed!
, have managed to stay off
Rules & Procedures; Contractor
ence; Occupational Health;
Training & Compe-
soon near you!
WELLA
& Supplier Safety;
STOP
Elizabeth McMillan, of Customer
WARE COMPETITION
Services, is one of the most popular
Investigation &
members of her team.
Management; Public Safety &
Accident
Stakeholder Relationships; and
Analysis; Change her colleagues to a 30-minute
Recently Elizabeth treated six of
Audit & Review
ment of Energy Wholesale as a
Stress competition.
prize on of
relaxing massage, which was the
fer in our recent WellAware
combined entity
This was the first full assess
.
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Generation and Renewables &
The lucky winner of our W
NATIONAL SMILE WEEK WINNER
Major Projects were assessed
. Last year
Smile W
separately
Dickinson, of Customer Services, who
ellAware National
wins an Oral B Professional 5000 XL
eek competition was Kelly
of 73 per cent, which is
The result was an overall score
.
toothbrush.
comfortably into “best practice”
territory and was, in fact, the
NEAR MISS WINNER
highest score returned within the
Howard Ball, pictured, receives his
ScottishPower group.
£100 vouchers for the
note that, within the UK, Energy
gas leak to
Near Miss A
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ward for reporting a
Annual
Wholesale leads in eight of the
It was particularly satisfying to
12 standards due to the com
bined ef
Faceo.helpdesk@faceo.co.uk
any hazards you see to the
included in the prize draw
ransco. To be
, report
across the business.
forts of employees
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increase in injuries recently
partly due to the intensity of our
However, there has been an
Steps to better health
capital investment programmes
,
and the substantial increase in
THIS monthʼ
contractor numbers and
HealthW
activities.
physical activity by building up to 10,000
work, take the stairs instead of the lifts,
reverse, recognising that our
steps a day or climbing 100 stairs.
ise challenge is to improve
s EnergyNetworks
park your car far from the building or take
a stroll during your lunch break.
goal at all times is zero harm.
This is a trend we must
almost immediate and research indicates
safety was held on June 22 in
that being physically active reduces the
The benefits of an active lifestyle are doesnʼt have to be a chore.
Generation and in R&MP
A“Time Out” for health and
risk of suf
to the local shop instead of jumping in the
Building activity in to your home life
highlight our concerns and gain
obesity and mental health problems.
car – or drive part way into town and
Try walking
commitment once again to safe
to
Whether you need to work on
fering coronary heart disease, walk the rest. Put a little extra ef
working practices from our own
your activity levels to improve
digging the garden or challenge yourself
people and contractors.
your health or you are
to a new physical activity
fort into
generally healthy but
vigilant at all times and report all
looking towards
before embarking on a physical activity
Always take advice from an expert
.
hazards as they occur
It is important that we remain
improving your fit
ness, there is
health, diet, nutrition, beginner or
Whether you are looking for advice on
.
objectives is the best way to
.
an activity
- experienced level fitness programmes,
ensure that everyone gets home
Working together with shared
for you.
PowerClub staf
safely at the end of each working
At
answers. Email ʻPowerClubʼ
f are the experts with the
condition, you are never too old, too unfit
for details.
day.
or too busy to start getting fitter
Whatever your age, size or physical
the sooner your health risks decrease.
Remember, that the sooner you start,
.
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