Events

SOM Occupational Health Awards and Drinks Reception at the Melia Manchester Hotel

Thursday 12th December 5-7pm. £25 per ticket* 

Thanks to our generous sponsors NEBOSH and Meddbase.

There is a limit of numbers of 50. The Reception will include drinks, nibbles and our annual SOM OH awards ceremony. Come along and celebrate what has been achieved by us all this year, meet old friends and new in a relaxed setting.

Dress: smart casual. Please bring your email ticket with you!

Venue Address: Melia Manchester Hotel, 1 First Street, Manchester, M15 4RP

Agenda (TBC):

5pm Arrival

5.30pm Welcome 

5.40pm The Awards

6.10pm Thanks and end of Awards

7pm Close

*Please note, this ticket is only for entry to the Awards. If you would like to attend the Awards and the SOM Commercial Providers Event (taking place prior to the Awards, at 2-5pm), please click here to register (your ticket for the Commercial Providers Event will include entry to the Awards).

Liability: neither the SOM nor the venue is able to take responsibility for injury or damage to persons or property.

This event is kindly sponsored by Meddbase.

The four courses aim to help delegates understand the facts about drug & alcohol misuse in the workplace including legal considerations, how to compile a substance misuse policy and interpretation of reports generated by the laboratory.

Collection Officer Training
Who should attend: Anyone who undertakes Chain of Custody collections; OHA / OHNAs; Occupational Health Physicians; GPs; HR Managers; Health & Safety Officers; trade union members
Course content:
- Preparing a site for collection
- Mechanics of a urine collection, trouble shooting and common errors
- Collection demonstration for back-to-lab and Point of Collection [POC] devices
- Breathalyser selection, calibration and verification with demonstration
- What happens to the samples in the laboratory
- Oral fluid and hair collections
Cost: £275 per delegate

MRO Training, part 1
Who should attend: OHA / OHNAs; Occupational Health Physicians; GPs
Course content:
- The role of the Medical Review Officer [MRO] including the Medical Review
- Laboratory process
- Adulteration checks and how donors try and mislead the testing
- Drug metabolism looking at the fact and fiction behind positive samples
- Evaluation and debate of Chain of Custody cases through result interpretation
Cost: £275 per delegate

MRO Training, part 2
Who should attend: OHA / OHNAs; Occupational Health Physicians; GPs
Course content:
- Use of alternative biological samples such as hair, oral fluid, sweat and sweat vapour
- Pros and cons of Point of Collection [POC] devices, how to develop protocols consistent with the principles of Chain of Custody
- Quality and accreditation, UK Guidelines for Workplace Drugs Testing, minimum service level to expect
- Alcohol including biomarkers such as EtG/EtS, FAEE
- Evaluation via MCQs
Cost: £275 per delegate

Policy Workshop
Who should attend: HR Managers; Health & Safety Officers; Occupational Health professionals; trade union members
Course content:
- Drawing up a draft substance misuse policy
- Timelines for policy introduction and educational requirements
Cost: £165 per delegate for a half-day

On-site courses can be tailored to your requirements. Please call for further information and details of costs

Venues and dates available throughout 2024:

Policy, afternoon

Collection Officer

MRO1

MRO2

Zoom UK/GMT

05-Feb

06-Feb

07-Feb

08-Feb

Zoom UK/BST

05-Aug

06-Aug

07-Aug

08-Aug

Zoom UAE BST-3hrs

14-Apr

15-Apr

16-Apr

17-Apr

Zoom UAE BST-3hrs

29-Sept

30-Sept

01-Oct

02-Oct

Dates and start times can be adapted to your time zone. Please contact Helen Vangikar for further details.

All delegates will receive an information pack and certificate(s), and MRO1 and MRO2 are accredited and qualify for CPD hours from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians [UK].

To view further course details please click here.

For more information please email: helen@helenvangikar.com or visit www.helenvangikar.com.

A FOM-approved course in preparation for the FOM Diploma in Occupational Health Practice Examination (DipOHPrac). 

The course covers:

- Introduction to Occupational Health
- Effects of work on health
- Clinical Occupational Health and Management 
- Assessment of Actual Workplace Scenarios

Course Leaders: Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, Dr Alan Bray and Dr Steven Sadhra

Course Dates: Monday 6th January - Friday 10th January and Monday 27th January - Friday 31st January 2025 (Virtual – Online)

Price: £3,480 including VAT

Click here to view more information and register your interest.

FREE for ALL (please log in on the SOM website first). 

A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting

Webinar free for all. Hosted by SOM with the Louise Tebboth Foundation.

Wednesday January 15th 2025 at 3pm.  

To launch 'A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting ' to be available on the SOM website prior to the webinar.

This is a revision of a report which provides a framework to support primary care organisations following the death by suicide of a colleague. It includes useful practical advice. It celebrates the progress made on supporting practices bereaved by sudden death since 2020.  

Webinar to be presented by Professor Gail Kinman, Birkbeck, University of London; Dr Rebecca Torry, an experienced GP and trustee of The Louise Tebboth Foundation; and Morag King.

Bios: 

Gail Kinman is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and a Director of the Council for Work and Health. Gail has a particular interest in the wellbeing of people whose work is emotionally demanding with a high risk of burnout, and she has published widely in this area.

Rebecca Torry MB B Chir, FRCGP retired from clinical practice in 2021, after 30 years as a GP partner and trainer in South London. She had a dual career as a GP and a medical educator and was at various times a Programme Director for GP training, a tutor for new GPs, an Associate Dean and finally, until 2018, Head of GP School for South London.  She holds Masters qualifications in Medical Education (Dundee) and Medical Ethics and Law (Manchester); has worked in various contexts as a volunteer doctor and educator in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, on the Peruvian Amazon and in Central Asia. Friend and practice colleague Dr Louise Tebboth, who also joined on her trip to Central Asia, died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 40. Rebecca is a trustee of the Louise Tebboth Foundation and has written at various times about the impact of her death on the practice. As an RCGP Adviser, she is part of their Sudden Bereavement Support service. 

Dr Sine Morag King MB ChB FRCGP has over 30 years’ experience of working within primary care as a full-time partner and GP trainer. She always had an interest in both personal and practice development and was one of the first GPs to obtain RCGP Fellowship by Assessment. Her practice was the first in England to gain a second Quality Practice Award.
Following retirement from clinical practice in 2015, Morag worked with the RCGP, initially as a GP Adviser providing peer support to practices placed in special measures by the CQC, as part of a multidisciplinary team. supporting team development and quality improvement.  She was then closely involved in development of the scope of support which resulted in the team being shortlisted for a BMJ Award in 2021.
She then undertook a new leadership role as a Deputy Clinical Lead for the Primary Care Development (PCD) Programme leading a multidisciplinary team of 80 Advisers to provide a bespoke service to any primary care provider requiring help within England. She also supported work in both England and Wales, by providing data reports on practices and by editing scoping reports. She was also involved in training others to continue this work/
From 2021, she had an additional responsibility in developing and managing a new team within PCD, Sudden Bereavement Support, to give practical support to practices in England, experiencing the sudden loss by bereavement of a key member. Prior to her retirement in April 2024, and informed by the team's experience, she was able to refresh the team and broaden its scope to offer limited support to any practice in England and Wales, experiencing sudden bereavement of any team member.
 

FREE for ALL. You will then be sent the joining link.