How to Keep People Healthy and In Work | Sam Atwell

This episode of the Working Well-Beings Podcast, recorded live at the Health & Wellbeing at Work Conference, features Sam Atwell, Policy and Research Manager at the Health Foundation, discussing the UK's growing challenge of ill health at work and what can be done to help people stay healthy and employed. Drawing on research from the Health Foundation’s Commission for Healthier Working Lives, Sam explores the relationship between health, work, and economic inactivity, and why prevention needs to become a central part of the national conversation. The discussion also covers case management approaches, early intervention, and the lessons the UK can learn from countries such as the Netherlands and Denmark when it comes to supporting people with health conditions to remain in work. 🎙 In this episode, we discuss: Why work is a key determinant of health The rise in work-limiting health conditions across the UK Preventing people from falling out of work due to ill health The role of early intervention and case management What employers can do to better support employee health Lessons from international approaches to workplace health The Keep Britain Working review and its recommendations Building systems that support healthier working lives The future of workplace health policy in the UK Sam also shares insights into the Health Foundation’s wider work on employment, welfare, health inequalities, and creating healthier working lives across the UK. 📍 Recorded live at the Health & Wellbeing at Work Conference. 🔔 Subscribe for conversations on workplace wellbeing, occupational health, employment policy, leadership, and organisational culture.