{"id":54861,"date":"2026-02-03T06:15:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/?p=54861"},"modified":"2026-02-03T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:09:15","slug":"rha-promotes-driver-health-and-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/2026\/news\/rha-promotes-driver-health-and-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"RHA promotes driver health and wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/?s=rha\">Road Haulage Association<\/a> has published new guidance to help operators support driver health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<p>It has developed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rha.uk.net\/Portals\/0\/Campaigns\/Publications\/Guide-to-Maintaining-Driver-Health_260126.pdf?ver=PPyOnV5aEpCq4Z21PbjlLw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Guide to Maintaining Driver Health \u2013 Keeping Drivers Fit for the Road<\/em><\/a>\u00a0which encourages businesses to treat driver health as a safety issue instead of a tick-box exercise to ensure compliance.<\/p>\n<p>The new guide covers a range of issues, including mental and physical health, diet, neurodiversity and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>It offers practical advice on how businesses can support and improve driver health to reduce absenteeism, improve retention and promote a more resilient workforce.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Smith, managing director of the RHA, said: \u201cProfessional drivers sit at the heart of our industry. Their health and wellbeing are fundamental to road safety, business resilience and the long-term sustainability of the sector.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis guide is about moving beyond minimum requirements and taking a practical, proactive approach that works for operators and genuinely supports drivers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Road Haulage Association has published new guidance to help operators support driver health and wellbeing. It has developed the Guide to Maintaining Driver Health \u2013 Keeping Drivers Fit for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":49488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[55,2649,5000],"class_list":["post-54861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-drivers","tag-health-and-wellbeing","tag-rha"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bodyshopmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}