Tomorrow, Today

Helping Business Respond To An Ageing Society

Corporate Management Team Suffolk County Council

25 June 2013

Society is changing. More people are

living longer than ever before.

By 2030 there will be more people aged over sixty than those aged under fifteen.Ove

r 60’s

Under 15’s

In the future our workers will be older.

How can we respond to these

challenges?

Progress Towards Healthy Ageing in Europe

European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS)

Public Health Suffolk

What Progress does…

Five European partners working to promote

active & healthy lifestyles

Share good practice

Produce academic papers & policy advice

Introduce & trial innovative health tools

individuals identify and reduce health risks through

better lifestyle choices

Regional Delivery in Suffolk

enables employers to better

understand and improve workplace health and wellbeing

What is the Business Case?

Illness & disability increase with age

£840 is the average cost of absence per employee

29 % of employers are already experiencing a

rising average age of employee

Employers report a 15% reduction in sickness absence following introduction of health manager

visit the website and complete a questionnaire

set health goals they want to achieve

tailored healthy living advice

helps people lead a healthy life

Instant personal health report

It’s simple

Progress to date

international conferences

health interventions underway

support for strategic objectives

membership of European

Innovation Union

Mainstreaming of Health Manager

tools

any Questions?

David Cain – Project Manager

david.cain@suffolk.gov.uk

Elspeth Gibson – Project lead

www.progresshealthyageing.eu

@agehealthy