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\n \nAre
Fit Notes Fit for Purpose?
\n Fitness for Wor
k and Workplace Inclusion: A Changing Landscape
\n Do fit notes help people stay in and return
to work - or is it time for a rethink?
Join Dr Mary Obele and an expert multidisciplinar y panel for a discussion on the future of fitness- for-work assessment.
\n \nBringing together
perspectives from general practice\, occupational
health\, mental health\, employment law\, employe
rs and lived experience\, we&rsquo\;ll ask what wo
rks\, what doesn&rsquo\;t\, and how we can better
support people with health conditions and disabili
ties to enter\, remain in and return to work.
\n We&rsquo\;ll also look beyond the UK\, with Fi
nnish and New Zealand occupational health perspect
ives and discussion of developments in Germany\, a
sking what the UK could learn from different inter
national approaches.
Expect different perspectives\, practical insights and plenty of de bate\, with time for audience questions.
\n \nChair: Dr Mary Obele - Occupational Health Phys
ician
\n Panellists:
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bsp\; \;Dr Lara Shemtob - GP and Occupational
Health Physician\; fit-note policy and research\n &bull\; \; \; \;Professor Dian
a Kloss MBE - Employment and Occupational Health L
aw
\n &bull\; \; \; \;Alex Rhind
- Occupational Health Mental Health Nurse Special
ist
\n &bull\; \; \; \;Dr Clare
Rayner &ndash\;Occupational Physician and Lived-Ex
perience Perspective
\n &bull\; \; \;
\;Dr Kevin George Bailey - Occupational Medi
cine and Fitness for Work
\n &bull\; \;&n
bsp\; \;Dr Mikko Rautalahti - Occupational He
alth Physician\, Finland
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FREE for ALL. You will then be sent the joining link.
DESCRIPTION: \n \n \n \n FREE for ALL \n \n \n \n Are Fit No tes Fit for Purpose?\n \n Fitness for Work and Wor kplace Inclusion: A Changing Landscape\n \n Do fit notes help people stay in and return to work - or is it time for a rethink?\n \n \n \n Join Dr Mary Obele and an expert multidisciplinary panel for a discussion on the future of fitness-for-work asse ssment.\n \n \n \n Bringing together perspectives from general practice\, occupational health\, ment al health\, employment law\, employers and lived e xperience\, we’ll ask what works\, what doesn’t\, and how we can better support people with health c onditions and disabilities to enter\, remain in an d return to work.\n \n We’ll also look beyond the UK\, with Finnish and New Zealand occupational hea lth perspectives and discussion of developments in Germany\, asking what the UK could learn from dif ferent international approaches.\n \n \n \n Expect different perspectives\, practical insights and p lenty of debate\, with time for audience questions .\n \n \n \n Chair: Dr Mary Obele - Occupational H ealth Physician\n \n Panellists:\n \n • Dr Lara Shemtob - GP and Occupational Health Physician\; fit-note policy and research\n \n • Professor D iana Kloss MBE - Employment and Occupational Healt h Law\n \n • Alex Rhind - Occupational Health M ental Health Nurse Specialist\n \n • Dr Clare R ayner –Occupational Physician and Lived-Experience Perspective\n \n • Dr Kevin George Bailey - Oc cupational Medicine and Fitness for Work\n \n • Dr Mikko Rautalahti - Occupational Health Physici an\, Finland\n \n \n \n \n \n FREE for ALL. You w ill then be sent the joining link.\n \n CATEGORIES:External Webinar CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260928T120000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260928T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260928T130000 URL:https://www.som.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=990 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR