Inform Scotland’s Health and Work Action Plan
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 30th July 2025
Public Health Scotland are seeking employers views on improving employee health across Scotland.
Scotland is facing significant public health challenges. Life expectancy is declining and health inequalities are widening. An ageing working population combined with a rise in long-term health conditions is driving rising levels of economic inactivity due to ill health.
Work is a key building block of health and employers play a pivotal role. Providing work that is good for health is good business, benefitting individuals, employers, and the wider economy. A healthy economy depends on a healthy and diverse workforce.
In supporting the Scottish Governments Programme for Government and to learn more about the role of employers in improving health outcomes, Public Health Scotland is undertaking a range of employer engagement activities in the coming months.
They would like your support in this endeavour and invite you to complete a short survey to help gain direct feedback on employer capability, opinions and challenges. Please also share this more widely across your networks. The survey is accompanied by a two-page online briefing, both of which can be accessed at https://www.healthyworkinglives.scot/employer-engagement-survey
The results from the survey will help inform discussions and the development of a Scottish Health and Work Action Plan, which is a formal commitment in the Scottish Population Health Framework published in June 2025.
Public Health Scotland’s engagements with employers will include 1-2-1 engagements, smaller group meetings and workshops. If you or your network would like to be more involved in these sessions, please contact Robert.atkinson@phs.scot
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