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In this exclusive webinar, Nancy Hey Director of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, will give an overview of the latest evidence relating to wellbeing and work and what can be done to improve understanding of what has the greatest impact.

The What Works Centre for Wellbeing aims to understand what business, government, communities and individuals can do to improve wellbeing in the UK. The Centre brings together the global evidence base of the policies, programmes and approaches aiming to improve wellbeing and looks at their cost effectiveness.

Nancy Hey is an experienced policy professional and coach who has worked with the UK’s top Civil Servants to introduce well-being into public policy. She has worked in eight government departments including on Constitutional Reform. She has degrees in law and in coaching & development  and is passionate about learning having established the professional policy community in the UK.

FREE for SOM Members (please log in on the SOM website). You will then be sent a link to register on the Adobe Connect Webinar platform.

This event is worth 1 CPD Hour.

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

In this exclusive webinar, Paul Douglas will talk about OH aspects and challenges of migrant workers and Israr Ahmed will talk on novel ways that the challenges of migrant workers health and welfare has been managed.

The ILO global estimates on migrant workers show in 2018 migrant workers account for 164 million of the world’s approximately 277 million international migrants and that even when employment is not the prime motivator of travel it will figure in migration at some stage given nearly 90% of migrants are between 20-64 years.

While a minority of migrant workers hold high-skilled jobs, many have jobs that are dirty, dangerous and demanding ("three D-jobs") and consequently face high risks of work-related accidents and disease. The objectives of this webinar are: - To understand significant safety and health risks of migrant workers and existing conditions; - To identify good practices through public health protection and employment readiness that may be utilised at health assessments to protect migrant workers; - To discuss measures for improving safety and health of migrant workers prior to engagement.

Paul Douglas is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, with a Masters in Health Administration and specialised interests in public and global health. He joined UN Agency - International Organization for Migration in January 2018 working in the Migration Health Division to set global standards for migration health assessment activities, assuring the quality of the work undertaken by the 70 IOM clinics world-wide for more than 400,000 migrants annually. He works closely with member states and other Agencies including World Health Organization.

Dr. Israr Ahmed has over 30 years of experience of working in different Shell companies across the world in the fields of occupational and clinical health. He is a pioneer and remains to be an active contributor to the Workers Welfare program in the Shell group of companies. His current focus is on exploring initiatives around employees wellbeing to improving human performance.

FREE for SOM Members (please log in on the SOM website). You will then be sent a link to register on the Adobe Connect Webinar platform.

This event is worth 1 CPD Hour.

Venue: 20 Little Britain, London, EC1A 7DH

Join James Rind – Workplace Wellbeing Consultant – for two workshops in one exciting day.

In the first (morning) explore what Wellbeing in the workplace really is and how OH professionals can support / develop an optimal wellbeing strategy. You will discover the theories behind workplace wellbeing and why it is important for all aspects of the organisation.

The second (afternoon) shifts the focus to your wellbeing and gives you the tools to comprehensively appraise where you are. James will support you to develop your bespoke action list of interventions and achievable life-habit changes which will help to optimise your levels of day to day wellbeing.

5.5 CPD points accredited by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM).

£290.00 for non SOM members. £190.00 for SOM members. Please login to your SOM account, then click 'Register Now' on the event page to receive the discount.

One Day Training Course
9.30am – 4.30 pm
1hr for lunch
Maximum number of attendees: 15

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Venue: Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport

This 2 day course offers training to those working in respiratory physiology/medicine with an interest in occupational asthma, or those currently working in occupational health. It covers the core investigations into occupational asthma, how to perform and interpret them, with a case-based approach throughout. You will need a good foundation knowledge and experience in spirometry.

More information can be found here.

To apply, please email vicky.c.moore@heartofengland.nhs.uk