Public Health: Working Hours
(asked on 16th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to mitigate health impacts of night time shift working.
This question was answered on 21st March 2023
The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities has not made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to mitigate health impacts of night time shift working. The Working Time Regulations provide protections to night workers. Before someone starts working at night, they must be offered a free health assessment and on a regular basis after that.