El-Osta Austen, Altalib Sami, Alaa Aos, Al-Ammouri Mahmoud, Karki Manisha, Riboli-Sasco Eva, Majeed Azeem, Kudrna Laura
Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU), School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 90 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, UK.
Department of Primary Care & Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, 90 Wood Lane, London, W12 0BZ, UK.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Jun 7;25(1):2138. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23176-3.
Workplace settings are linked to staff health and wellbeing, affecting sickness absence, presenteeism and productivity. With the growing prevalence of health issues among employees in the UK, including stress and long-term conditions, effective workplace health and wellbeing support by local government can play a crucial role in keeping people economically active and well.
Identify and characterise workplace health and wellbeing programmes offered by local authorities within the United Kingdom.
A scoping review involved a comprehensive search of Local Authority Districts (LADs) and county councils' websites followed by direct communications between 1 January 2024 and 30 April 2024. Initiatives were included if they were designed to enhance workplace health and wellbeing, actively ongoing and offered at no cost to workplaces. Data were extracted on the initiative name, provider, deprivation level, health focus, workplace eligibility and accreditation processes.
The review identified 61 active local government workplace health programmes across the UK in March 2024, reflecting a 21% provision among local authorities. These initiatives were homogenous in focus, scope of coverage and implementation methods, with all focusing on general health. Geographical mapping highlighted regional disparities in the provision of workplace health and wellbeing initiatives that are free at the point of access (WHISPAs). England had a higher number (Central, Southern, and Southeastern regions specifically) while the rest of England, Wales, Scotland and North Ireland had a lower number or no WHISPAs.
There is a need for more coordinated efforts to increase the visibility and accessibility of local government workplace health initiatives that are free at the point of access. National workplace health accreditation could further encourage employers to adopt health and wellbeing programmes.
工作场所环境与员工的健康和福祉相关联，会影响病假缺勤、出勤主义及生产力。随着英国员工健康问题（包括压力和长期疾病）的日益普遍，地方政府提供有效的工作场所健康和福祉支持对于保持人们的经济活力和健康状况可发挥关键作用。
识别并描述英国地方当局提供的工作场所健康和福祉计划。
一项范围审查包括对地方当局辖区（LADs）和郡议会网站进行全面搜索，随后在2024年1月1日至2024年4月30日期间进行直接沟通。若各项举措旨在促进工作场所健康和福祉、正在积极开展且对工作场所免费提供，则将其纳入。提取了有关举措名称、提供者、贫困水平、健康重点、工作场所资格和认证流程的数据。
该审查在2024年3月确定了英国各地61项活跃的地方政府工作场所健康计划，这反映出地方当局中有21%提供此类计划。这些举措在重点、覆盖范围和实施方法上具有同质性，均侧重于一般健康。地理分布图突出显示了在提供免费的工作场所健康和福祉举措（WHISPAs）方面存在的地区差异。英格兰的数量较多（特别是中部、南部和东南部地区），而英格兰其他地区、威尔士、苏格兰和北爱尔兰的数量较少或没有WHISPAs。
需要做出更多协调努力，以提高地方政府免费提供的工作场所健康举措的知名度和可及性。全国性的工作场所健康认证可进一步鼓励雇主采用健康和福祉计划。
