A bit of news to share.
On Wednesday 8th July, Lisa is speaking at the Keep Herefordshire & Worcestershire Working Conference at The Abbey Hotel in Malvern, and she’s also hosting a workshop on returning to work. We’re really looking forward to it.
It’s a full day, 09.30 to 15.30, jointly hosted by NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire Integrated Care Board, the Worcestershire and Herefordshire Growth Hubs, and the Chamber of Commerce. The focus is workforce health, employee wellbeing, and the practical side of the national Keep Britain Working agenda.
Why returning to work matters?
Long-term ill health has taken more than 800,000 people out of the UK labour force since 2019, and over a fifth of working-age adults are now economically inactive. For employers, that means a shrinking talent pool, more pressure on the people still at work, and a real cost in absence and recruitment.
How you handle someone coming back from a long absence makes a measurable difference. Done well, it protects them, protects the business, and stops the same case becoming a tribunal claim a year down the line. Done badly, it usually costs you a good employee and quite often a lot more.
Lisa will be walking through the practical side of all that in her workshop. What good looks like, what to put in writing, and how to make returning to work feel supportive rather than awkward for everyone involved.
Come and say hi!
It’s a brilliant line-up across the whole day and well worth a look even if returning to work isn’t your immediate priority. There are sessions on wellbeing, early-intervention programmes, leadership development and a lot more besides.
If you can make it, we’d love to see you there. Lisa would be thrilled to catch up before or after the workshop.