Total Workplace Safety and Health (Total WSH)

Examples of Total WSH projects:

This project was started in 2014 for all employees in NUH, including both employees involved in patient care and other employees playing a supportive role such as ancillary and ancillary staff.  Overweight/obesity was identified as one of the main health problems for the staff, and subsequently various initiatives to promote healthy eating and physical activity were introduced.

This project was started in 2015 for the employees working in NUS Office of Facilities Management (OFM), whose functions include a variety of maintenance works on campus, campus sustainability, and enhancement and maintenance of green areas on campus.  Some of the initiatives following this project include a pilot fitness tracker programme and provision of healthier eating options for the staff.

This project was started in 2016 for the security workforce in NUS, across the three NUS campuses (Kent Ridge, University Town and Bukit Timah Campus).  A pilot chronic disease management program, in collaboration with the University Health Clinic, was implemented for the security officers following the initial phase of the project.

This project was started in 2014 for employees working in two supermarket outlets.  One of the main findings was the presence of ergonomic risks in the workplace, and several initiatives to reduce the ergonomic risks was introduced in these outlets.

This project was started in 2017 in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Vietnam to train hospitals in Vietnam in planning, implementing and evaluating a Total WSH programme for their employees.   This project is an example of the work that our school is doing as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health.

The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health also has an internal Total WSH program for our staff, which is led by the school’s Health, Safety and Well-being Committee (HSWC).