Council for Work and Health response to Keeping Britain Working: Final Report (5 November 2025)

The Council for Work and Health welcomes the focus provided by the Keep Britain Working Review on the increasing problem for the UK economy relating to work and ill-health. The Board is sure the Council’s members will welcome many of its recommendations, including more coordination within Government, the need for a better evidence base, and the need to raise standards. At the heart of the report, the need to “humanize” the workplace is at the centre of our challenge. Technology opens the opportunity for processes to be designed about the physical and mental limitations of human beings and to reduce risks within the workplace that can harm health and to maximise the opportunities to support health improvement. At the heart of the delivery of this promise needs to be the bodies who comprise the membership of the Council for Work and Health, ranging from occupational health specialists, to expert bodies in ensuring that workplace relations are managed effectively. The Council will continue to be the convening body for those organisations who share commitment. The Council will play its part in ensuring that Government is well-informed and independently guided by the voices of those who have the deepest understanding of the problems and the solutions needed to give flesh to the bones of this Report.