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Coronavirus & Working from Home

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Coronavirus & Working from Home  So – Coronavirus & Working from Home – What unprecedented times we live in!  We are having to be inventive in our working methods to enable us to survive physically, mentally and financially. Many of

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Occupational Health Assessments at Work

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Occupational Health Assessments at work Occupational Health Assessments at work are required when there are health issues. Commonly, back pain and other painful or fatigue inducing conditions, but also for neurological, heart and respiritory conditions and for mental health or

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Mobile & Homeworking DSE Assessment

Mobile & Homeworking DSE Assessment A mobile & homeworking DSE Assessment is required if you are working some of your time away from an ‘office’ location.  Are you experiencing aches and pains? So many of us are mobile working,  maybe

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Reasonable Adjustments & Return-to-Work with heart conditions

Reasonable adjustments & Return to work with heart conditions

Reasonable Adjustments & Return-to-Work Reasonable Adjustments & Return-to-work advice after a heart episode, can help ease difficult circumstances. As well as physical changes and getting back to health, the individual may have emotional worries and anxiety & depression issues which

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How to Set Up Your Workstation?

How to set up your workstation?gonomic Assessment

How to set up your workstation? 6 Tips to review How to set up your workstation by Alison Biggs When working with Display Screen Equipment (DSE) various problems can occur if you are not set up correctly. These can include

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Pain using a Keyboard: 9 Top Tips

pain using a keyboard

Pain using a Keyboard? Are you experiencing arm or shoulder pain using a Keyboard? Review the following tips to see if you can resolve any arm pain using a keyboard. Keep the keyboard cable loose so it is not restricting

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Pain using an Office Chair: 7 Top Tips

Office chair at a desk

Are you in pain using an office chair? Do you know how to adjust an office chair for your needs?  Review the following tips to see if you can resolve pain using an office chair. Get to know all of

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What is a Workstation Assessment?

workstation assessment

What is a Workstation Assessment? What is a Workstation Assessment? A Workstation Assessment is usually another term for a DSE Risk Assessment or an Ergonomic Assessment. A Workstation/DSE Risk Assessment is essential for anyone who uses Display Screen Equipment (DSE)

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What are the benefits of a Workstation Risk Assessment?

Healthywork Assessment Outcome Measures Feedback from individuals assessed during 2013 Survey Individuals who were referred for a DSE Assessment were given feedback forms to complete immediately following their assessments. The feedback was completed on an anonymous basis. Individuals were asked

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Do I need a desk or workstation assessment?

Desk posture and desk or workstation assessments are vital to your health at work, and involve a specialist in workstation assessor visiting you at your workplace to discuss your individual needs and reviewing the equipment you use (chair, desk, monitor, keyboard,

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Testimonials

Somek and Associates

Healthywork Clients - Somek

I have known and worked with Alison Biggs of Healthywork since 2003. I have always found her to be extremely professional and committed any work project, and very knowledgeable about her specialist field.

Ergonomic Assessments and Functional Capacity Assessments for Medico-legal cases provided in Essex, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and London.

Alison Somek
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OTAL Ltd

An Ergonomic Assessment provided by Healthywork was well worth the money. The chair has been set up correctly, and is now more comfortable for the user and we have purchased the desktop equipment they suggested and this along with correct layout and improved positioning has really helped towards resolving the discomfort experienced.

Linda Marston Human Resource Manager OTAL Limited - HO Birmingham Innovative solutions to and from West Africa
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FCE testimonial by Snows Group

FCE testimonial by Snows Group

FCE testimonial by Snows Group

We are extremely impressed with the service you have provided and will definitely keep your details on file for any future issues. (November 2011)

Samantha Cheesman Group HR Officer, Snows Group
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ARK Schools

Healthywork Clients - Capital Group

Ergonomic Assessments at ARK in London and at one of the Academies in Elephant and Castle, South london, assessing the ergonomic needs of teachers.

ARK Schools, based in Central london
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Avantek Computer Ltd

Healthywork Clients - Avantek

Alison @healthywork provided a very comprehensive report with recommendations to suit our clients needs. A very professional service.

Ergonomic Assessments provided in Bath, Oxford and Leicestershire.

Tony Lees, Avantek Computer Ltd, Leicestershire
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Survey feedback following a DSE Assessment

It (The DSE Assessment) provided some invaluable advice and recommendations to help make my workstation more comfortable and prevent future injury.

Anonymous

Jan 2018

Anonymous
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CHP Consulting

Healthywork Clients - CHP Consulting

When standard instructions on worstation ergonomics didn’t result in any improvement in back pain, Alison provided expert professional guidance. This was constructive, practical and demonstrated the value of experience in this area.

Mr Antony Moss
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DSE Risk Assessment Testimonial by EquiLend

DSE Risk Assessments for EquiLend

DSE Risk Assessment Testimonial by EquiLend:

‘The feedback has been excellent and many people have expressed how much they enjoyed meeting you, as well as benefiting from your expertise. Also the report is a lot more comprehensive that I thought so thank you!’ (October 2018) 

 

Chris Reilly
EquiLend
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FCE testimonial by WTW

FCE testimonial by WTW

FCE testimonial by WTW

I met with our client, Electrolux on Friday to review all their services and they couldn’t praise your recent report highly enough.  It is enabling them to work with the employee much more constructively. They advised that they will not hesitate to use your services again – so thank you so much.

 

 

Kate Barnes, Commercial Manager
Willis Towers Watson
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Capital International

Healthywork were very efficient and able to help us with several situations. If you need a fresh pair of eyes with a medical focus to look at an employee health issue, I would recommend them.

Jo Byrne, Central London
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About Healthywork Ltd

Healthywork Ltd is based near Watford, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans in Hertfordshire just north of London.

We are able to offer the skills of experienced Qualified Occupational Therapists located across the country.

We use an evidence based best practice approach, exceeding the requirements of current health and safety regulations.

We cover all of the UK.

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