5th Annual Stress and Mental Health in the
Workplace 2008

Building Resilience, Improving Engagement and Overcoming Preconceptions

Thursday 11 September 2008
CCT - Barbican, London EC1A 4JA

Summary

Symposium Events’ Annual Stress and Mental Health in the
Workplace Forum is now firmly establish as the authoritative
event for HR and Occupational Health professionals dealing
with stress and mental health across the UK. Now in its 5th
year, this event will be an invaluable opportunity to share and discuss the challenges related to stress and mental health with the UK’s leading experts in the field. Combining best practice case studies, the very latest HSE guidelines and Symposium Events’ interactive Knowledge Share and Workshop sessions, the event will equip you with the tools to protect yourself against the risks of litigation, maintain an engaged workforce and reduce stress related absence across your organisation.

Programme Highlights

• Encouraging your employees to take responsibility for their own mental health
• Overcoming scepticism towards stress
• Determining the impact of mental health on your organisation’s bottom line
• Assessing the potential risk of stress in your organisation
• Creating a stress programme that works for you
• Encouraging senior management to take a proactive approach to your stress plan
• Communicating your stress and mental health plan to each and every employee

Speakers

Keynote Address:

• Dr Ian Lawson - Chief Medical Officer, Rolls-Royce

Chair:

• Andrew Kinder - Emeritus Chair, Association for Counselling at Work and Principal Psychologist, Atos Healthcare

Speakers from:

• Transport for London - Alison Dunn, Head of Treatment Services
• GlaxoSmithKline - Gillian Thurgood, UK Health Support and Resilience Manager
• British Heart Foundation - Len Almond, Foundation Director
• HSE - Howard Saunders, Health and Work Division
• Eli Lilly - Gay Buchanan, Former Project Leader - Global Record Retention
• BP - Angela Whitehead, Health Manager, One Health
• Rolls-Royce - Dr. Ian Lawson, Chief Medical Officer

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