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28 September 2026Webinar
FREE for ALL
Are Fit Notes Fit for Purpose?
Fitness for Work and Workplace Inclusion: A Changing Landscape
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 multidisciplinary panel for a discussion on the future of fitness-for-work assessment.
Bringing together perspectives from general practice, occupational health, mental health, employment law, employers and lived experience, we’ll ask what works, what doesn’t, and how we can better support people with health conditions and disabilities to enter, remain in and return to work.
We’ll also look beyond the UK, with Finnish and New Zealand occupational health perspectives and discussion of developments in Germany, asking what the UK could learn from different international approaches.Expect different perspectives, practical insights and plenty of debate, with time for audience questions.
Chair: Dr Mary Obele - Occupational Health Physician
Panellists:
• Dr Lara Shemtob - GP and Occupational Health Physician; fit-note policy and research
• Professor Diana Kloss MBE - Employment and Occupational Health Law
• Alex Rhind - Occupational Health Mental Health Nurse Specialist
• Dr Clare Rayner –Occupational Physician and Lived-Experience Perspective
• Dr Kevin George Bailey - Occupational Medicine and Fitness for Work
• Dr Mikko Rautalahti - Occupational Health Physician, Finland
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29 September 2026Webinar
FREE for ALL
A joint webinar on Women's Health at Work
Date: 29 September 2026
Start time: 12:00 noon British Summer Time / 20:00 Japan Standard Time
Co-Chairs:
Akizumi Tsutsumi, Professor, Kitasato University
Haley White, Co-Chair of the Society of Occupational Medicine’s Women’s Health at Work Network
Chloe Kirkbride, Head of Health, Safety & Business Licensing at Sainsbury’sSpeakers:
Kyoko Nomura, Professor, Akita University
Maria Karanika-Murray, Professor, University of Leicester
Lisa Rodgers, Associate Professor, University of LeicesterProgramme:
12:00–12:10 Opening remarks by the chairs
12:10–12:25 Presentation by Professor Kyoko Nomura
12:25–12:35 Q&A
12:35–12:50 Presentation by Professor Maria Karanika-Murray and Associate Professor Lisa Rodgers
12:50–13:00 Q&A
13:00–13:25 General discussion
13:25–13:30 Closing remarks by the chairsThe advance registration form for attendees is available at the following link:
https://forms.gle/H4eX3ixmsMQXkN5J9FREE for ALL.
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30 September 2026Webinar
The At Work Partnership - Workplace Health 2026
Join The At Work Partnership for a two-day annual OH seminar (supported by The Colt Foundation), Wednesday 30th September - Thursday 1st October, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham City Centre and Online.
Book and pay by Friday 7th August, and save up to £75+VAT with their early bird rates!
Join The At Work Partnership for one of the most anticipated occupational health events of the year. Over two dynamic days, Workplace Health 2026 will delve into the most pressing issues shaping OH practice today, giving you the insight and confidence to elevate your work as an OH professional.
Held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Birmingham City Centre, and accessible online, the conference offers a comprehensive clinical and management update on cutting-edge developments across occupational health. You’ll also enjoy extensive opportunities to connect with peers during breaks, their exhibition, and the conference dinner.
This year’s programme brings together an exceptional line-up of expert speakers, including Dr Paul Litchfield (keynote), Alan Dovey, Dr Sam Farley, Mandy Kelly, Prof Diana Kloss, Dr Anthony Bell, Prof Chris Warhurst, Adam Siu, Dr Richard Peters, Ella Reynolds, Sean Gilroy, Andrew Whiteaker, Dr Aaliya Goyal, Janet O’Neill, Dr Clare Fernandes and Dr John Ballard.
Key conference themes include:
- Work-specific psychological assessment
- Bullying, harassment and workers’ health
- The place of OH in a generative world order
- Functional capacity evaluation
- Fluctuating health conditions
- Improving work quality and wellbeing
- Chronic pain management
- Supporting night workers
- Neurodiversity and reasonable adjustments
- Health inequality
- Mentoring
- Supporting OH professionals facing complaints
- Plus key OH legal hot topics, disability discrimination update, and legal Q&ADon’t miss out on savings:
- Special early bird rates for places booked and paid by Friday 7th August – save up to £75 + VAT!
View full advert here.
For more information and to book your place click here.
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30 September 2026Online training
Full-day online CPD course for OH professionals | £395 + VAT
Wednesday 30th September 2026
The Health Partners Academy Neurodiversity in Occupational Health course is a full-day online course designed for occupational health professionals. Growing awareness and identification of neurodivergence in the workplace means neurodiversity is now a key consideration in occupational health practice.
With OH professionals increasingly asked to assess complex presentations and recommend appropriate adjustments, clinicians need the confidence and practical skills to advise employers and support neurodivergent employees effectively.
What the course covers
Combining evidence-informed learning with real-world case studies, this course from Health Partners Academy:- Provides insight into a range of neurodivergent presentations and co-occurring conditions.
- Explores core neurodiversity concepts and underlying mechanisms, including masking, burnout, nervous system differences, dopamine regulation and hormonal influences.
- Helps clinicians apply learning confidently in occupational health practice.
What you'll learn
Participants will:
- Gain practical guidance on workplace adjustments, report writing, fitness-for-work decision-making and return-to-work planning- Build confidence in delivering neuro-affirming assessments and advice.
- Come away with takeaway tools and templates to help embed learning and support day-to-day practice.By the end of the course, you'll be better equipped to translate complex clinical presentations into meaningful workplace recommendations that improve outcomes for both employees and organisations.
Course Date
Wednesday 30th September 2026
The cost of this full-day course is £395 per person, plus VAT. -
30 September 2026Webinar
FREE for ALL
Hosted in partnership with the London Centre for Work and Health
This workshop will cover the IMRD system of writing a paper, introduction, methods, results and discussion. Some details of the editorial process of Occupational Medicine will be included. Delegates of the writing a paper workshop at the Annual Scientific Meeting in Nottingham are encouraged to attend to fine tune their papers
Speaker Bios:
Dr Ira Maden was a Consultant and Professor in Occupational Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London. She is the former Academic Dean of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and was Chief Medical Advisor to the Houses of Parliament for 23 years. Her broad-ranging career has combined clinical practice, teaching, research, and policy with a career-long interest in creating evidence for, and promoting the use of, evidence-based occupational health practice. She was formerly a member of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council and chair of a NIHR, Health Technology Assessment Panel. She was the co-founder and co-director of the London Centre for Work and Health and is a Scientific Trustee of the Colt Foundation. Ira was a keynote speaker presenting at the RSM/SOM event in May 2026 on women’s health in the workplace.
Chair: Dr Lara Shemtob
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02 October 2026Webinar
FREE for ALL
ANZSOM/ SOM webinar - Medicinal Cannabis in the workplace
2nd October 2026 at 9am (UK)
Chair – Professor Neil GreenbergPresenters: Daniel Paterson, Forensic Toxicologist
Daniel Paterson is a Forensic Toxicologist who specialises in the interpretation of quantitative analysis of drugs and poisons. Daniel regularly appears in the Supreme Courts of New South Wales and Queensland, as well as the Federal Court of Australia. Daniel is not bound to a single side; he regularly appears for prosecution/applicant and defence/respondents.
Dr David Fox, Consultant Occupational Physician
Dr David Fox is a Consultant Occupational Physician at Health Partners UK.
David has been an occupational physician for the last 25 years. He has extensive experience of dealing with safety critical workers and remains in almost full time practice in the UK.
He was until recently the Responsible Officer for the FOM. He helped develop the FOM’s Guidance on alcohol and drug misuse in the workplace. He is currently a board member for the Medical Council on Alcohol and the Chair of the Secretary for State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel (to the DVLA) on Alcohol, Drugs and Substance Misuse.
David will be considering the challenges posed to the occupational health clinician by the employee who has been prescribed cannabis
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05 October 2026Webinar
FREE for ALL
The presentation highlights some of the most important individuals that have impacted the progression of change within the field of Occupational Health.
Julie Staun is an independent work environment consultant in Denmark. Julie was born and educated in the UK where she qualified as a Registered Nurse (RN).
She moved to Denmark to work at the State University Hospital in Copenhagen and qualified first as a Danish RN, followed by a 2-year specialisation as a nurse anaesthetist- a role she continued until moving to the field of Occupational Health.
Julie was initially employed as an Occupational Health Nurse in an Occupational Health Center providing external services. (5 years). Subsequently Julie was engaged as advisor and manager of a multidisciplinary department with a major international research and chemical catalyst company in Denmark. Her interest became especially focused on how industrial workers perceive health at work.(23years)She has held several positions including Chairperson of the Danish Society of Occupational Health Nurses where she currently holds the position of International Representative.
Chair: Professor Anne Harriss
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08 October 2026London
This registration page is for in-person attendance only.
SOM Leadership Conference 2026 - Human Leadership in a Changing World
Thursday 8th October 9.30am-4.30pm (registration and networking from 9.15am)
Venue: Lumen Centre, 88 Tavistock Place, London, WC1H 9RS
An inclusive day for all disciplines offering inspiration to develop your leadership skills.
Looking after your own wellbeing, the wellbeing of your team, and the benefits this has for your business as a whole.
Draft agenda:
9.15am Registration / networking
9.30am Welcome - Dr Vicky Mason
9:45am Keynote: Human Leadership - speaker tbc
10.30am Strengthening your own wellbeing and encouraging this in others - Bernadette Darcy
11.15am Break and networking
11.40am Panel: New CMOs, the first 100 days and the leadership challenge - Dr Richard Peters; Nicola Bullen; RCOT lead, Paul Dunning; chaired by Amanda Hinkley
12.40pm Lunch, with “Speed dating with leaders”
1.40pm Welcome back - Jo Vallom Smith
1.45pm Practical session: Human leadership - Dr Nathan Palmer, Affinity
2.40pm Comfort break
2.45pm Leadership styles for now - Professor Jessie Cunnett
3.30pm “Question Time” panel - all speakers / chairs available
4.15pm Wrap up and close - Dr Lanre Ogunyemi
Cost: £65 non-members; £50 SOM members (please log in before registering). Trainees in all fields (doctors and AHPs) can book at the discounted rate of £35 - contact Teigan.Banks@som.org.uk for the discount code.
Includes lunch and refreshments.
All nurses, doctors, AHPs and OH professionals, including trainees and students, are welcome.
This registration page is for in-person attendance only.
To register for online attendance, click here.
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08 October 2026Webinar
This registration page is for online attendance only.
SOM Leadership Conference 2026 - Human Leadership in a Changing World
Thursday 8th October 9.30am-4.30pm, Online
An inclusive day for all disciplines offering inspiration to develop your leadership skills.
Looking after your own wellbeing, the wellbeing of your team, and the benefits this has for your business as a whole.
Draft agenda:
9.30am Welcome - Dr Vicky Mason
9:45am Keynote: Human Leadership - speaker tbc
10.30am Strengthening your own wellbeing and encouraging this in others - Bernadette Darcy
11.15am Break
11.40am Panel: New CMOs, the first 100 days and the leadership challenge - Dr Richard Peters; Nicola Bullen; RCOT lead, Paul Dunning; chaired by Amanda Hinkley
12.40pm Break for lunch
1.40pm Welcome back - Jo Vallom Smith
1.45pm Practical session: Human leadership - Dr Nathan Palmer, Affinity
2.40pm Comfort break
2.45pm Leadership styles for now - Professor Jessie Cunnett
3.30pm “Question Time” panel - all speakers / chairs available
4.15pm Wrap up and close - Dr Lanre Ogunyemi
Cost: £32 non-members; £25 SOM members (please log in before registering). Trainees in all fields (doctors and AHPs) can book at the discounted rate of £17 - contact Teigan.Banks@som.org.uk for the discount code.
All nurses, doctors, AHPs and OH professionals, including trainees and students, are welcome.
This registration page is for online attendance only.
To register for in-person attendance, click here.
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10 October 2026London
Mastering Occupational Health Report Writing
Half-Day Interactive Course for OH Advisors (OHAs) and OH Physicians (OHPs)
3 dates available to choose from: Saturday 25th April, Wednesday 29th July, Saturday 10th October 9am-1.30pm
R-Health, 98 Burnt Oak Broadway, London, HA8 0BE
Price: £150 + VAT
The course is available in-person or online.
9.00-9.15 Welcome & Introduction
9.15-10.00 The Foundations of OH Report Writing
10.00-10.45 Translating Clinical Findings into OH Reports
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-11.45 Practical Report Writing Workshop
11.45-12.30 Advanced Considerations for OH Reports
12.30-12.55 Polishing and Professional Presentation
12.55-1.30 Course Close
This course is led by Dr Satish Ranka, a Senior Consultant Occupational Health Physician, Deputy Chief Examiner at the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, and CSER Assessor. Dr Ranka is also Director and Responsible Officer of R-Health Limited, which he co-leads with his business partner and through which he provides specialist occupational health services to police forces and other safety-critical organisations across the UK.
Hosted by Propel Solutions, Backed by R-Health