W1B-016 Belfast business 1-7.txt
6 May 1997

Dear Colleague The University Safety Committee has been considering the potential impact of occupational stress on University employees. Occupational stress is a complex issue but one which we believe should be addressed constructively.

The University firstly wishes to assess the experience of occupational stress amongst its staff. The enclosed questionnaire has been widely used in a number of service industries throughout the UK and is designed to measure the sources and effects of occupational stress. The distribution, collection and assessment of the questionnaire is being administered confidentially by the University Occupational Health Service and has the support of the University Safety Committee which represents both the employer and employees in matters of occupational health and safety.

We ask you to complete the questionnaire accurately and return it to the Occupational Health Service in the envelope provided by Friday 20 June 1997. You are not asked to identify yourself on the questionnaire but there is a small number of questions regarding staff category, grade, contract, and managerial unit. This data will be used only in the analysis of the questionnaire to ensure that we get a representative sample from all areas of University staff. The anonymised analysis of the questionnaires will be reported to the University Safety Committee.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.

Yours sincerely PROFESSOR R McCLELLAND DR D O TODD Chairman University Safety Committee	 Occupational Health Physician Enc
