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Tinnitus Tailor App

Published 10 September 2019 | No comments
Written by Jade O'Hara
Categories Medical conditions Noise Occupational health risks
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At a Project Scheme Champion’s meeting, one subcontractor advised on their issues with tinnitus and how they have managed the condition by using a mobile phone app. The Tinnitis Tailor app provides background sound therapy, which greatly reduces the effects of tinnitus. As tinnitus is a common condition (affecting around 30% of people) and brought about by changes in noise...
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Medical ID and Emergency Contact Details 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 5 August 2019 | No comments
Written by Leah Barrett
Categories Emergency contact details Emergency procedures First Aid Medical conditions Medications
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To encourage the safety of the operatives on and off site, The Broadway project has requested for all operatives to update their medical information and emergency contact details on their smart phones. This phone feature allows details to be viewed even when the phone is locked, therefore easily accessible in the case of an emergency. Information such as allergies, blood...
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Providing Vulnerable Operatives with Hearing Aid Batteries

Published 28 January 2019 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Initiatives Medical conditions Visual/hearing impaired
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CategoriesInitiatives Medical conditions Visual/hearing impaired
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On the Brighton Road site, operatives with hearing impairments are employed. Following a previous incident whereby an operative’s hearing aids failed, the Site Manager now keeps a supply of hearing aid batteries on site in case of failure, to ensure operatives can continue working.
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Public Health England: Health Harms Campaign

Published 2 January 2019 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Posters Vaping
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CategoriesHealthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Posters Vaping
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Public Health England are running a ‘Health Harms’ campaign to encourage smokers to quit in 2019. This national campaign will illustrate the harm caused by smoking, drive smokers to reconsider their habit, encourage them to search ‘Smokefree’ for help to quit, and increase understanding of the dangers of smoking. The campaign includes lots of free tools and resources to help those trying...
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Overcoming Ovarian Cancer

Published 24 August 2018 | No comments
Written by Rachel Rielly
Categories Charities/organisations Medical conditions
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CategoriesCharities/organisations Medical conditions
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On the Royal Albert Project we work alongside many contractors on encouraging women into construction and assist them with developing new skills to progress within the construction industry. We have developed over the course of our project to get women into construction have meant the increase in female employees has reached over 70. On the project we have many occupational...
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Tackling Tuberculosis

Published 13 August 2018 | No comments
Written by Rachel Rielly
Categories Medical conditions Posters
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The Royal Albert Dock project is based in Newham, London where according to new figures from a health watchdog more people catch Tuberculosis (TB) than in some sub-Saharan countries due to new tests and treatments being neglected. Out of every 100,000 people in Newham, around 118 will contract TB – a potentially fatal, infectious disease which normally affects the lungs....
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Health and Wellbeing Awareness Weeks

Published 20 July 2018 | No comments
Written by Denise Southard
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions
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CategoriesHealthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions
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To promote health and wellbeing amongst our employees and sub-contractors, we hold a Health and Wellbeing Awareness Week every year. For five days we promote and provide all of the following: NHS Health and Lifestyle Check Diabetes Prevention Adult Weight Management Mental Health Wellbeing Free sexual health tests Smoking Cessation Green gyms Alcohol Awareness
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Breast Cancer: Not Just for Women!

Published 25 June 2018 | No comments
Written by Natalie Ferreira
Categories Health screening Medical conditions Posters
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CategoriesHealth screening Medical conditions Posters
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Wooldridge Demolition value the health and wellbeing of each member of staff. We are always looking to offer support, advice and awareness to our site workers about different health issues that they might be affected by. Whilst we all probably think of women when talking about breast cancer, we often forget about the fact that men can get it too....
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Breast Cancer Awareness

Published 19 June 2018 | No comments
Written by Larisa Noaca
Categories Health screening Medical conditions
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With breast cancer still being the most common cancer in the UK, about one in eight women being diagnosed with it during their lifetime and 390 men diagnosed each year in the UK, we offered the opportunity to talk about it onsite and learn about the vital early symptoms spotting that can potentially not only save your own life but...
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Food Allergy/ Intolerance Awareness Week

Published 11 June 2018 | No comments
Written by John Butler
Categories Medical conditions Toolbox Talk
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CategoriesMedical conditions Toolbox Talk
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The week commencing 14th May was Food Allergy/ Intolerance Awareness Week. Food allergies and intolerances can go undetected for years, leaving you feeling sluggish, fatigued, nauseous and with digestive issues including cramps, diarrhoea, constipation and bloating. Food Allergy/ Intolerance Awareness week aims to make you aware of the signs and symptoms and what food alternatives you can try if you...
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Interactive health games to raise workforce awareness 1 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 5

Published 9 May 2018 | One comment
Written by Jeff Tighe
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions
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As part of the site’s 2018 Health drive a set of interactive health games were devised to promote health issues including a ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ cancer awareness game. The game starts with a pack of slides covering cancer issues and information plus advice then moves on to the game. The game is interactive and all the workforce...
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Wrist band aid: health, safety and welfare 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 9 January 2018 | No comments
Written by Caroline Gee
Categories First Aid Medical conditions PPE
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CategoriesFirst Aid Medical conditions PPE
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The three main ways we alert first aiders on GRAHAM sites to a casualty’s possible underlying symptoms are all PPE related so as long as the site operative is wearing their PPE the First Aid alert should be present. This system does not take into account the wearing of somebody else’s Hard Hat or High Vis Vest which can happen...
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Ensuring Fitness to Work

Published 19 April 2017 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Behaviour Health screening Medical conditions
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CategoriesBehaviour Health screening Medical conditions
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For construction workers, especially safety-critical workers like plant operators, it is vital that they are medically capable of undertaking the work required. There is a great risk of harm to the operative, their colleagues and the wider public if they are not fit for the work in question. For instance, health conditions which can involve sudden loss of consciousness, impaired...
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Cancer awareness

Published 10 April 2017 | No comments
Written by Samuel Asiamah
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Posters
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CategoriesHealthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Posters
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Galliford Try’s Colindale Office project have displayed cancer awareness posters in both the female and male toilets reminding them to check themselves regularly. This is a simple but effective solution to raising awareness of these issues. These posters are displayed on the back of each cubicle door.
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Safety Boot Tags 1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 51 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5

Published 20 March 2017 | 3 comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Emergency contact details Emergency procedures Injuries Medical conditions Medications
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In a high-risk environment like a construction site, it is essential that procedures are in place in case of emergency. Many sites now put tags on operatives’ hard hats displaying medical information which could save someone’s life if they have been in an accident. See the examples below for how one site further developed this safety initiative: Placed ‘in case...
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The Sides of March

Published 27 February 2017 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Medical conditions Mental health Stress
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CategoriesMedical conditions Mental health Stress
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The Sides of March is a month-long charity event organised by the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). The event encourages men to grow their sideburns to raise money for CALM, and raise awareness of their efforts to prevent male suicide. Suicide is the single biggest killer of British men under the age of 45, with men accounting for 75% of...
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First Aider Business Cards

Published 16 January 2017 | No comments
Written by Dean Kelly
Categories Emergency contact details First Aid Workforce information
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CategoriesEmergency contact details First Aid Workforce information
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With several First Aiders on our current site, we have produced business cards with all the site first aiders contact telephone numbers on. This includes the site address and postcode for the emergency services to be informed if required. These business cards are issued to the site operatives at their site inductions.
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Health through Technology 1 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 5

Published 14 November 2016 | No comments
Written by Mark Dixon
Categories Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions
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CategoriesHealthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions
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Attempting to engage the site workforce into good nutrition and fitness is not something that many believe can be achieved in the workplace, so we set out to dispute this fact. We had already had a nutritionist visit site to give valuable information to our operatives, and I took this another step further with the use of monitoring part of...
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Three Construction Site Health and Safety Challenges and How to Tackle Them

Published 14 November 2016 | No comments
Written by Ross Jephson
Categories Medical conditions Occupational health risks
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CategoriesMedical conditions Occupational health risks
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There are many misconceptions about the construction industry, magnificent buildings are constructed but somehow it’s easy to forget the incredible amount of skill required – and the men who knowingly put themselves at risk every single day. HSE statistics show that construction workers are six times more likely to be killed at work than any other worker. The good news is...
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Tackling Addiction

Published 1 April 2016 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Alcohol testing Consultation Drugs and alcohol policy Drugs testing Medical conditions Mental health
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CategoriesAlcohol testing Consultation Drugs and alcohol policy Drugs testing Medical conditions Mental health
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Caring for the wellbeing and safety of your employees is crucial in maintaining a happy, healthy workforce and industry image. The focus on health and safety is continuous and can always be enhanced on a construction site. However there are aspects of maintaining a healthy wellbeing that can’t always be noticeably seen and can easily go unnoticed, such as an addiction....
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World Health Day

Published 3 March 2016 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Health screening Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Medications Mental health Posters Stress
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CategoriesHealth screening Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Medications Mental health Posters Stress
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World Health Day is coordinated annually by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This day aims to raise awareness of health issues, with this year focusing on Depression. To support World Health Day on your site, you could do the following: Have posters about depression and mental health in welfare areas of the site, such as the canteen; Review the Considerate Constructors Scheme’s Spotlight on… mental health...
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Spotlight on… occupational cancers follow-up article

Published 2 February 2016 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Campaigns Health screening Medical conditions Occupational health risks Weather protection
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CategoriesCampaigns Health screening Medical conditions Occupational health risks Weather protection
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In September 2015, the Scheme’s campaign focused on the increasingly important issue of occupational cancers and examined what the industry was doing to safeguard employees within the industry. It was found that between 220 and 250 workers die each year as a result of an immediate injury, compared to the 15,000 – 18,000 who die from cancer. Despite this, the...
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Know your Numbers! Blood Pressure Week

Published 15 December 2015 | No comments
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Categories Health screening Medical conditions
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Know your Numbers! Blood Pressure Week is coordinated annually by Blood Pressure UK. This week is designed to encourage adults across the UK to know their blood pressure numbers and take the necessary action to reach and maintain a healthy blood pressure. To support Blood Pressure Week on your site, you could do the following: Encourage your workforce to find out their blood...
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A pre-enrolment scheme for operatives 1 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 51 vote, average: 4.00 out of 5

Published 4 August 2015 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Attitudes Emergency contact details Site specific induction
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CategoriesAttitudes Emergency contact details Site specific induction
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Site inductions should be kept up to date and contain all relevant safety risk information, so that everyone entering the site is fully aware. The induction process helps the workforce to understand their role, raise awareness of specific risks and it encourages their feedback and understanding. Below is an example of how a site used an enrolment induction process: A pre-enrolment scheme was introduced...
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Using personal experiences to support the workforce with mental health issues

Published 17 June 2015 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Medical conditions Mental health
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CategoriesMedical conditions Mental health
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Mental health issues and concerns are just as important as physical health problems, but can be overlooked. It is vitally important that the workforce has sufficient support and advice, should they need it. Below is an example of how you could raise awareness and offer support relating to mental health: One member of the site team voluntarily put together a case study...
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Mind offers mental health training, consultancy and coaching

Published 8 May 2015 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Consultants Medical conditions Mental health Stress Training
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CategoriesConsultants Medical conditions Mental health Stress Training
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It is important to promote mental wellbeing in your organisation, to encourage a positive, healthy and productive workplace culture. A number of sites have achieved this by putting employees forward to take part in Mind’s mental health training, consultancy and coaching. The main aims of this training include: Helping to reduce absenteeism in the workplace; Encouraging a positive, healthy and...
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Health and Wellbeing Checks for the Workforce

Published 23 April 2015 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Health screening Medical conditions
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Health surveillance and screening of the workforce should be in place. Providing help and support for workers will help to ensure happier, healthier employees. Examples of health and wellbeing assessments, which have been implemented on sites include: Medical assessments were performed by visiting or permanent doctors/nurses; Implementation of a wellbeing programme, with an interactive Health Kiosk to test key indicators of health with...
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Movember

Published 16 April 2015 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Charities/organisations Medical conditions Mental health Toolbox Talk
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CategoriesCharities/organisations Medical conditions Mental health Toolbox Talk
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Movember is the No.1 leading global organisation committed to changing the face of men’s health. The Movember Foundation challenges men to grow moustaches during November, to spark conversation and raise vital funds for its men’s health programs, specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health. To support Movember on your site, you could do the following: Encourage operatives on your site...
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Men’s Health Week

Published 16 April 2015 | No comments
Written by CCS Best Practice Hub Administrator
Categories Canteen Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Recreation
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CategoriesCanteen Healthy lifestyle advice Medical conditions Recreation
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Men’s Health Week is coordinated annually by the Men’s Health Forum. The week is focused on healthy living for all men. To support Men’s Health Week on your site, you could do the following: Provide an on-site nurse or regular visits from a nurse to your site; Provide fresh fruit and healthy meal options in the canteen; Offer advice and leaflets...
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Workers ‘In Case of Emergency’ (ICE) Stickers

Published 10 March 2015 | No comments
Written by David Treacy
Categories A&E Emergency contact details Emergency procedures
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To ensure that emergency’s can be dealt with quickly and effectively, operatives personal and medical information should be readily available. A simple sticker (or self-adhesive tab containing ICE information) can be easily fitted to the exterior of the workers hard hat. It securely stores critical and potentially lifesaving I.D information, which can be essential in the event of a serious...
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