New report draws on MHF's work on health at work

2020health has just published their report on health and work, Health, disease and unemployment. It refers to the work the Forum did around National Men's Health Week 2008 when we focused on men and work.

In Improving male health by taking action in the workplace we called for business and the NHS to work together to deliver male friendly health services in the workplace. We also returned to a theme in our 2006 work on men's mental well-being - the effects both positive and negative - that work can have. So I am pleased to see that their top recommendation is that:

It would therefore seem sensible for the first aim of any policy change to make it in the interests of the individual, the employer, and society at large to align the incentives and close the loop between health, illness, and unemployment.

I went to one of the workshops that 2020health held whilst working on their report. It was a good event with a range of professions and organisations represented so it is good to see issues raised at that event reflected in the paper - and not only those I raised!

You can download Health, disease and unemployment or read more on 2020health's blog.