Around 2500 members of staff had their say on their health, safety and wellbeing at work.

The recent Healthy Working Lives (HWL) survey saw more than 20 per cent of staff giving their feedback on the amount of information, support and opportunities available to them to stay healthy and happy at work.

The survey showed, that while a large number of staff are aware of everything that there is to offer, some members of staff were not sure of how to access them.

Gillian Archibald, healthy working lives manager, said: “One of the most significant results of the survey demonstrated that a large number of respondents were not meeting current recommendations for physical activity levels of at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity.

“As a result we wanted to introduce an opportunity that was simple and inclusive for all staff of all levels of fitness and established the first corporate ‘walking challenge’ to be delivered across NHS Lanarkshire as a whole.

“Walk California seems to have sparked an interest in many staff and we had 845 people register to take part and 189 teams joining to walk over 2 million steps together.

“The real challenge, however, is to continue to support those who have engaged in ‘Walk California’ this time round to continue to walk and to encourage those who haven’t to take part in the next one.”

Look out for the next challenge in September – The Jewels of Japan.

Registration opens late August.