tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16532432130803031472012-03-19T20:22:37.012ZISMA UK - BlogISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-83233760469122305902011-11-03T10:24:00.002Z2011-11-03T10:37:18.664ZPRESS INFORMATION REF: Kyrene/ISMA/NOV2011/SL For Immediate Release MP to Ask Why UK Business Ignores StressToday, Wednesday 2nd November, is National Stress Awareness Day (NSAD) and the subject of stress will be raised in Parliament by MP for Southend West, David Amess MP.Mr Amess will ask why UK businesses ignore the effects of psychosocial risk and what actionsthe government proposes to take ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-62013684450493630592010-10-27T14:46:00.002+01:002010-10-27T14:53:29.434+01:00Press Release - Start Living - Stop StressingStart Living - Stop Stressing National Stress Awareness Day (NSAD) is being held this year on Wednesday 3rd November 2010 and will encourage people to “Start Living – Stop Stressing”. Annually organised by the International Stress Management Association (ISMA)1, NSAD is in its 12th year of increasing public awareness and drawing attention to the issue of stress. This year specially trained ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-14845478488194629832010-07-06T17:47:00.002+01:002010-07-06T17:53:15.388+01:00PRESS RELEASE - Beating Stress will be a Winner<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-59229794537069003052010-06-28T16:23:00.001+01:002010-06-28T16:27:22.396+01:00PRESS RELEASE - Budget Likely to Ramp Up Stress Levels at WorkThe recent budget was acknowledged as one of the toughest for many years and has the potential to increase levels of work related stress dramatically, for which HR staff and line management may be unprepared. In this worrying climate, staff across all sectors are fearing widespread redundancies, leading to excessive pressure on individuals and unseen levels of stress related absences in the UK. ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-79918229799505400372010-05-04T13:43:00.001+01:002010-05-04T13:48:46.433+01:00PRESS RELEASE - Managing Stress from Public Sector Cuts<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-69219483696525171522009-09-28T11:34:00.001+01:002009-09-28T11:37:40.492+01:00Large Stress Compensation Award in BirminghamBirmingham City hospital's payout to stressed health worker Sep 28 2009 by Alison Dayani, A Birmingham hospital has been forced to pay a health worker £370,550 plus a further £24,000 every year of his life after he claimed working in the NHS caused him stress.The retired manager, who was mainly office-based at City Hospital, in Winson Green, filed an injury claim following his retirement and has ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-51103703842145029742009-08-20T11:01:00.003+01:002009-08-20T11:14:23.378+01:00HSE August 2009 News bulletinWelcome to August's stress e-bulletin.In this issue: be one of the first to test some new management tools and read about changes to a HSE stress leaflet.GET INVOLVED - TEST SOME NEW TOOLSHSE is working with colleagues at CIPD and IiP to design a new set of Management Competency tools. Now is your chance to get involved and test them out.Log on to HSE's stress website to find out more: http://ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-3682266372978999412009-08-17T17:30:00.002+01:002009-08-17T17:36:23.117+01:00Howden ISMA UK members' discountsWould you like to save money? Be able to buy things that you previously couldn't afford? Have more spending money on your holidays?Howden and ISMA UK have come together to offer ISMA members significant discounts on a wide range of item including holiday travel, cosmetics, cars, gym membership etc etc. Have a look through the on line brochure and see where you could make savings. If there is ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-33705061450278362522009-07-21T17:50:00.000+01:002009-07-21T17:51:36.053+01:00Work stress 'increases under-50s heart risk'Work stress 'increases under-50s heart risk'By Nic Fleming, Medical Correspondent, Daily Telegraph - 23/01/2008Stressed workers under 50 are two-thirds more likely to suffer from heart disease, a new study shows.Employees with heavy workloads and little control over decisions that affect their professional lives were found to be 68 per cent more likely to suffer from heart disease than those who ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-16827972432607392672009-07-21T17:49:00.000+01:002009-07-21T17:50:14.670+01:00NATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS DAY 2009Press ReleaseNATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS DAYNATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS DAY 2009 is on 4th November. The theme for this year's campaign will be announced in the summer. The International Stress Management Association (ISMA) is encouraging everyone to to acknowledge NSAD and to think about how unproductive and demoralising stress can be. Acknowledging the things that put undue pressure on your life ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-79874783946659055432009-07-21T17:48:00.000+01:002009-07-21T17:49:14.036+01:00Updated HSE Management Standards Analysis ToolUpdated HSE Management Standards Analysis ToolNew version launched on National Stress Awareness Day 5th November 2008On National Stress Awareness day, Wednesday 5th November 2008, HSE will launch an updated version of the HSE Management Standards Analysis Tool and User Manual. The main improvement in the new version is the option to benchmark against either data drawn from organisations in both ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-44083270962744508642009-07-21T17:47:00.001+01:002009-07-21T17:47:39.469+01:00Management competencies for preventing and reducing stress at workThe findings of the second phase of the research on 'Management competencies for preventing and reducing stress at work' were published on the 03 June 2008The research aimed to refine the framework of competencies required by managers to prevent and reduce stress at work, to develop a questionnaire to measure the competencies and to explore the usability of both framework and questionnaire. It ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653243213080303147.post-75878357991838400622009-07-21T17:37:00.003+01:002009-07-21T17:48:09.309+01:00ISMA Takes Leading Role at Health and Wellbeing 2009PRESS RELEASEREF: PRO/ISMA/FEB09/OA For Immediate ReleaseISMA Takes Leading Role at Health and Wellbeing 2009The International Stress Management Association (ISMA) is taking a leading role in this year’s Health and Wellbeing - as exhibitors, as the chair of the Stress Management programme and by officially supporting the event.ISMA is the leading UK Professional Body in the specialist field of ISMA UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10405866854262013253noreply@blogger.com0