Staying Healthy

Our investment in well-being through our in-house Occupational Health Services is helping to make NATS a great place to work

As well as where and how they work, we have a more general responsibility to our people for their health and well-being.

Our Occupational Health Service provides comprehensive services and advice to all our people, as well as promoting a healthy lifestyle programme that encourages people to take personal responsibility for their well-being.

Their list of proactive initiatives is impressive, including:

• A Wellness@Work website with an introductory well-being survey linked to online resources.
• A comprehensive programme of wellness activities at NATS Prestwick Centre has been delivered over the last year, including awareness days on healthy eating, smoking cessation and a Health & Safety awareness day. Planned activities over the next year include roadshows offering advice on staying physically and mentally healthy. These have helped NATS Prestwick Centre achieve Silver and Bronze Healthy Working Lives awards- an NHS Scotland programme.
• Stress Awareness / Risk Assessment training for managers- now incorporated into PATH leadership training.
• Health briefings to NATS employees and their spouses as part of Pre-Retirement Seminars.
• Wellness events linked to our sports and social clubs at our units, which are funded through member subscriptions and a matching grant from NATS.
• The provision of excellent gym facilities at our main sites.
• We provide regulatory medicals for both NATS Air Traffic Controllers and external pilots and Air Traffic Controllers across the UK and Gibraltar. Over the past year, the demand for our services as an Aeromedical Centre has significantly increased.
• A major part of this role is educating the aviation community about health issues that can affect their fitness to control or fly and advising the medical community when they treat safety- critical workers.
• These activities in the short- and long-term contribute to the safety of the flying public.
• We have updated our website which provides information to pilots and Air Traffic Controllers about both our responsibilities.
• Future educational work includes an infographic to explain how the function of each body system is relevant to aviation professionals.