The Workplace Health Partnership brings together some of the key players involved in workplace health. Our key objective is to enhance the health and well being of workers in the Western and North Western areas of Ireland.
Improving workplace health contributes to:

(i) improving the health of the Irish adult population.
(ii) improving economic performance of west and north west of Ireland
(iii) reducing the number of accidents at work.

The key players involved include:

• The Occupational Health Nurses Association of Ireland.
• The Health & Safety Authority.
• The Health Promotion Services of the Western and North Western Health Boards.

An important role of Partnership is to work with other agencies such as intermediary organisations, voluntary and statutory bodies to demonstrate to employers how they can make a difference to the health of their employees.

The Partnership’s aims and objectives reflects the targets set out in various strategy documents. Many national policy documents have prioritised employee health, for example:

Healthy Bodies – Healthy Work 1998.
Building Healthier Hearts – Cardiovascular Healthy Strategy, 1999
National Health Promotion Strategy, 2002-2005

Health & Safety Programme of Work-2003

Occupational Health Nurses Association of Ireland Publications.