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Health and Wellbeing Index wins key occupational health award

WebRSSB’s Health and Wellbeing Index (HWI) won the Best Multidisciplinary Initiative at the Occupational Health and Wellbeing Plus Awards this week.

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Healthier and happier lives

WebThe Health & Wellbeing Award is for those who have gone the extra mile to promote good practice. It rewards the innovative and proactive activities that enable rail …

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Employers and staff to benefit from new RSSB health data

WebAimed at health, HR, and operational decision makers, the new report provides access to shared, aggregated data to assess and monitor health risks, and …

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ORR concludes review of RSSB, and recommends changes to help …

WebThe role of RSSB should be adapted so it can better facilitate excellence in health and safety management across the entire rail industry, the Office of Rail …

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RSSB: Measuring health and safety

WebBenchmark against other companies with similar workforce profiles. Once this dataset is fully flowing, RSSB will be able to do one of the things it does best – plot …

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Rail review of the year

WebThe world’s highest rail bridge, which will be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower, is due to be completed by 2015. Indian Railways announced earlier this year that …

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TfL and the Royal Academy of Engineering launch a new Tube …

WebAndy Lord, London’s Transport Commissioner who is an engineer himself, said: “From the pioneering days of the first steam train to the cutting-edge technology of …

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Samaritans to lead new rail industry mental health study

WebSuicide prevention charity Samaritans has been commissioned by train operator Great Western Railway and the Department for Transport to lead a new …

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RSSB: Leading mental health awareness

WebIn 2018, RSSB got a grant from the Department for Work and Pensions, to test an innovative approach that could support rail staff with mental health difficulties to …

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Free lunchtime webinar from CIRAS: The importance of raising …

WebCIRAS has arranged a lunchtime webinar for transport staff: ‘Why it is important for you to raise your health and safety concerns: it’s not all about Covid-19.’

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Powerlines Group awarded contract to modernise Ossiach line in …

WebThe Powerlines Group has been awarded a contract to modernise the Ossiach line in Carinthia, Austria, by ÖBB-Infrastruktur. The company’s Austrian …

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Prescription medication and workplace implications

WebHere the underlying condition (and whether the individual is capable of concentrating, for example) is far more importance than the actual medicine being …

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Great Western Railway signs up to new mental health charter

WebGreat Western Railway (GWR) has underlined its commitment to the wellbeing of colleagues by signing up to The Railway Mental Health Charter (RMHC).

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GWR names train after Aneurin Bevan to celebrate 75 years of the …

WebJuly 5, 2023. Listen to this article. Aneira Thomas – the first baby born on the NHS – today unveiled a very special Great Western Railway train celebrating the health service’s 75th …

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Electrification and the environmental challenge

WebWith a growing profile of public transport desirability and pressing environmental issues, the UK government looked at alternative ‘fuels’ and traction power …

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Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s automated people mover set for …

WebThe City of Phoenix has awarded Bombardier Transportation a $305 million contract to extend the automated people mover (APM) at Phoenix Sky Harbor …

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SNCF launches driverless train programme

WebSNCF has set itself the target of introducing driverless passenger trains onto the French rail network by 2023. The institutes of technological research (IRT) …

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New health and safety passport for HS2 workers

WebAlthough contractors and their staff, may be working across multiple sites and multiple contracts on the new high speed rail route, the new digital passport system will …

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Balfour Beatty appoints UK Health, Safety and Environment Director

WebBalfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, today announces the appointment of Lee Hewitt as UK Health, Safety and Environment Director. Lee will take …

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Scotrail tackles mental health

WebDominic Quilty is one of more than 50 ScotRail employees who has received extensive mental health first aid training through NHS-accredited material.

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New York subway extension '90% complete'

WebA $2.4 billion extension to one of New York’s busiest subway lines is now 90 per cent complete – six years since construction first started.

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