Anchors and Workplaces

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Anchor institutions is a term used to describe large and locally rooted organisations like NHS boards, colleges, universities, police and local authorities. They employ many people, spend substantial amounts of money, own and manage land and assets and often deliver crucial services. As a result, they have a huge influence on local communities and economies.

NHS Western Isles can act as an anchor institution redirecting wealth back into their local community to help address the wider determinants of health inequalities, through progressing specific, measurable objectives that align with their anchor strategic plan” is amongst the priorities that NHS Boards are asked to deliver through the NHS Board Annual Delivery Plan.

To support Health and Social Care bodies as effective anchor institutions, the Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland work in partnership deliver the NHS Scotland Health and Social Care Anchors Institution workstream. This work was established in 2021 and initially focused on three key workstreams:

• workforce
• procurement
• land and assets.

To find out more about anchor institutions click here.

Workplace Health is promoting and managing the health and wellbeing of staff. It includes managing sickness absence, and presenteeism where a person physically at work, but unproductive. Workplace health interventions include activities undertaken within the workplace by an employer or others to address these issues, and action to address health and safety risks. To find out more about the national Healthy Working Lives programme, click here.

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