Your Work and Your Health

Links and Information

General

Bradford Area Occupational Health and Safety Forum - www.baohsf.org.uk

Business Link - www.businesslink.gov.uk for finance - www.businesslink.gov.uk/finance for employment laws - www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/home

Business Link South Yorkshire - www.blsyl.com

Department of Trade and Industry - www.dti.gov.uk for employers - www.dti.gov.uk/for employers.html for employment laws - www.dti.gov.uk/TIGER for computer training - www.dti.uk/home computinginitiative.html

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) - www.hse.gov.uk

Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) - www.hsl.gov.uk

Learn Direct - www.learndirect-business.co.uk

Learn and Skills Council - www.lsc.gov.uk

Institution of Occupational Safety and Health - IOSH - www.iosh.co.uk

NHS Plus - www.nhsplus.nhs.uk

Occupational Health Strategy Network - www.ohstrategy.net

SafeWorkers.co.uk - www.safeworkers.co.uk

Sign Up - www.signupweb.net

Small Business Service - www.sbs.gov.uk

Trade Union Congress - www.tuc.org.uk

Union of Construction, Allied Traders and Technicians (UCATT) - www.ucatt.org.uk

World and Health Information Gateway - www.whig.org.uk

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Drugs & Alcohol Abuse

Alcohol Concern - www.alcoholconcern.org.uk

Dryoutnow - www.dryoutnow.com/home/default.asp

www.addictionaction.com/

www.admitservices.co.uk/?kw=alcoholic%20uk&fl=2

Health and Safety Executive - www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg240.htm#5

Health Education Board for Scotland - www.hebs.scot.nhs.uk Drug Scope - www.drugscope.org.uk The Scottish Drug Forum - www.sdf.org.uk

Home Office - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs/

Med Help - www.medhelp.org/HealthTopics/Drinking.html

Talk to Frank - www.talktofrank.com

Your local Drug Action Team - http://drugs.homeoffice.gov.uk/dat/directory/

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Hand arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)

Centre for Occupational and Environmental - www.coeh.man.ac.uk/teaching_learning/resources/havs.php

Health and Safety Executive, vibration pages - www.hse.gov.uk/vibration

Health and Safety Executive, free HAVS information leaflets - www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/vibindex.htm

Health and Safety Executive, vibration calculator - www.hse.gov.uk/vibration/hav/vibrationcalc.htm

Health and Safety Laboratory - www.hsl.gov.uk/capabilities/havs.htm

Occupational Hazards - www.occupationalhazards.com/safety_zones/44/article.php?id=12401

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Noise

Health and Safety Executive, noise pages - www.hse.gov.uk/noise

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Occupational asthma

Centre for Workplace Health - www.hsl.gov.uk/capabilities/workplace_health.htm

Health and Safety Executive, asthma pages - www.hse.gov.uk/asthma

NHS Direct, asthma information - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

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Stress

Business Link, stress information - www.businesslink.gov.uk

Health and Safety Executive (HSE), stress pages - www.hse.gov.uk/stress

NHS Direct, stress information - www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

NHS Plus, work-related stress policies - www.doh.gov.uk/nhsplus

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