Council for Work & Health

AGM 2025 – Board election results

25th June 2025

An election took place and the following results were announced at the AGM on 29 May 2025:

Re-elected:

Helen Kay

Elected:

Shriti Pattani

Janet O’Neill

Additional Board member appointed:

Nicola Neath

Appointed Deputy Chair by the Board at their meeting on 8 May 2025:

Kevin Bampton

Directors that stood down at the AGM:

Joy Reymond

Robin Cordell – Robin will remain as a member of the Council for Work and Health as the FOM representative.

 

Comments from the Council for Work and Health on Government consultations May / June 2025

Attached is a note which summarises the Council for Work and Health response in addition to the specific questions in the Government Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working consultation on reform to health and disability benefits and employment support, and the Council’s feedback on the Discovery Report from the Keep Britain Working independent review of the role of employers in tackling health based economic inactivity and promoting healthy and inclusive workplace.

 

Click here to read the summary.

Over 2 million people are living with an illness or injury caused by their work. We need to work together to both prevent this happening and also support those who are made ill through work, that is why there is a need for a multi-disciplinary approach that seeks to address the issues at source.

Hugh Robertson Senior Policy Officer for Health and Safety, TUC