Health & wellbeing
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“Parliament shouldn’t have had different rules to every other workplace”
Why MPs’ recent vote to introduce risk-based exclusion at the point of arrest – giving House…
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FDA calls for party leaders to commit to action on precautionary exclusion at Westminster
The FDA and Prospect have called on the leaders of the major parties at Westminster to…
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Taking time for yourself
FDA rep Claire Bottomley tells Kay Hender how her own experience helped her to learn the…
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Looking after your mental health: five useful resources
Equality Officer Victoria Jones shares advice and resources to help support you – individually and as…
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Returning to workplaces
Outcomes rather than gestures should drive these decisions and the FDA will ensure that, where staff…
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Mental Health Awareness Week: Flexible working and managing your mental health
This Mental Health Awareness Week, FDA Equality Officer Victoria Jones shares how in these unprecedented times,…
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Coronavirus: urgent risk assessments needed to ensure safety of courts
The FDA has welcomed steps to restrict physical court hearings but more needs to be done…
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Tackling stress in the CPS: The FDA talks to Helen Wheatley
We speak to the health and safety rep about how she helped create a new CPS…
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TUC backs the FDA’s call for flexible working
Delegates from across the trade union movement voted in favour of the FDA’s motion at TUC…
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Why we need Flex for All: Ben’s story
After years of struggling with a rare form of inflammatory arthritis, DExEU’s Ben Willcocks explains how…
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Breaking stereotypes and aiding recovery: Why it’s time to talk about mental health
On Time to Talk Day, National Officer Jane Cockram – the FDA’s lead on wellbeing –…
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World AIDS Day: How FDA Convenor Barry Snelgrove and his MoJ colleagues raised £2,400
FDA Convenor Barry Snelgrove discusses his fundraising efforts in the MoJ and why it’s still so…
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David Chrimes: Fighting for disability rights in the
“There is clearly an urgent need for the rights of disabled people in the UK to…
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All in the mind
Last year’s Stevenson-Farmer report set out an ambitious agenda for improving mental health and wellbeing in…
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Whitehall’s stress test
Civil servants are under more pressure than ever before, and stresses and strains at home can…
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Surveys flag concern over pay and workloads
More than two-thirds of FDA members have worked while on sick or annual leave in the…
