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Health Economics Group (HEG)
Minutes from the HEG meeting (2)
Date of Meeting: -
Thursday 23rd April 2015
Time: -
10:00hrs – 12:00hrs
Attendees:
Dr Bridget Juniper (Work and
Wellbeing)
Elise Weeder
Chris Jones (Network Rail)
(ORR)
Mike Tyler (Lockton)
Alex Bobocica (ORR)
Nayia Solea (Siemens)
Paul Whitehead (Balfour
Beatty)
Cathy Murphy (Mersey
Rail)
Mark Whitcher (Freightliner)
Veronica Robbins (Costain)
Prof. Steve Bevan
(Work Foundation)
Apologies:
Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald
(RSSB)
Stuart Parsons (Southern)
Agenda item
Discussion
Action
Welcome and introductions
The group considered that additional
industry representatives would be
useful.
DH to identify new members of HEG
Appointment of Chris Jones as
chair
Chris Jones has been appointed as
Chair of the HEG. Chris is a leader of
health and wellbeing change within
Network Rail and is member of the
Health and Wellbeing Policy Group.
Chris will provide a direct link to the
HWPG
Ratification of remit and TOR
The group reviewed its remit/TOR and
agreed its contents subject to 1.
Identification of quorum required to
form a decision and 2. Discussion of
deliverables made within the meeting.
DH to adjust remit and TOR
Updates – HWPG and CBA/ROI Tool
Decisions and discussions held by the
HWPG were covered including:
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Approval of scoping work for
health data and health
standards
Approval of ways of working
for HWPG
HEG to support delivery plan
success measures
The CBA/ROI tool is progressing and
will soon be ready for testing.
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Health Economics Group (HEG)
Industry Health Indicators (building
on ORR work)
ORRs report on Industry Wide Health
Dashboard was reviewed.
Health indicators was accepted as a
key deliverable.
Key deliverables from the roadmap
Deliverables agreed in the item below
were tied back to the roadmap:
The Health Data User Requirements
project has direct links with the health
indicators task. DH to ensure the two
work areas are linked.
1. Health indicators, relates to the
general progress of industry and the
roadmap. It directly fits into the
reporting and monitoring workstream.
2. CBA tool, relates to general
investment decisions across the
industry. It also supports industry
leadership and behavioural change
from reactive to proactive measures.
3. Intervention evaluation measures,
relates to behavioural change from
reactive to proactive measures and
ability to influence leaders.
Agree key deliverables
The group has agreed to initially
undertake the following deliverables:
1. Develop a set of health indicators to
highlight industry change
The group has agreed to divide to
undertake initial work on the
deliverables:
1. Health indicators
2. Support development and use of a
CBA tool to support health and
Wellbeing projects
Elsie, Mike, Darryl , Alex
3. Support development of evaluation
measures to recognise what
does/does not work as health
interventions
Cathy, Bridget, Paul
2. CBA tool
3. Intervention evaluation measures
Nayia, Paul, Bridget
It will also seek to communicate its
work at the 2015 Health and Wellbeing
Conference
DH will support the sub groups to meet
Cathy Murphy to raise consideration of
bulk purchase of health provision for
Abellio with team members. Mike Tyler
can offer Lockton view of proposal.
Future meeting dates
Dates outlined as:
Arrange catch up meeting for HEG in 6
weeks
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July meeting TBA
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September 16th 2pm-4pm
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December 2nd
2pm-4pm