Work-related stress - good practice

Case studies

• Examples of policies and procedures
• Interventions to reduce stress
• Education sector case studies
• Health sector case studies
• Finance sector case studies
• Local authority sector case studies
• Other sectors
  

Examples of policies and procedures

• Stress policy
• Department for Work and Pensions: Developing a holistic policy to manage work pressure and stress in a multi-faceted organisation
• Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council: Identifying stress hazards in call-centres

Interventions to reduce stress

• Demands - Care home [PDF 25kb]
• Control - Social services (Flexible working hours) [PDF 23kb]
• Change - NHS Trust [PDF 23kb]
• Relationships - SME (Improving working relationships) [PDF 29kb]
• Role - Call centre (Role conflict) [PDF 24kb]
• Support - Local authority noise control [PDF 20kb]

Education sector case studies

• Coleg Glan Hafren
• Cornwall College
• Education Leeds
• Huntington School : cutting teachers' workloads
• Liverpool John Moores University
• Sheffield College

From The National Well-Being Programme for Schools

• Lyndale Special School
• Thomas Tallis School, Greenwich
• Fosters Primary School
• Rooks Heath High School
• Shaftesbury High School for Special Needs
• Large Comprehensive School
• Stukeley Meadows Primary School

Health sector case studies

• Buckinghamshire Hospitals Trust
• Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust
• County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
• Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust

Finance sector case studies

• Bradford and Bingley

Local authority sector case studies

Sector Implementation phase 1 case studies

• West Oxfordshire District Council
• Harrogate Borough Council
• Macclesfield Borough Council
• Stockton Borough Council
• Hertfordshire County Council

Please note- these case studies mainly represent early stages of the management standards process, and will be updated. 

• Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service

Please contact anthony.smith@hse.gsi.gov.uk with any queries.

Examples of Good Practice from other Sectors

• Rullion Management Services