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07 October 2025West Midlands
Two-day annual OH seminar from The At Work Partnership (supported by The Colt Foundation)
Workplace Health 2025: Tuesday 7th – Wednesday 8th October 2025
Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwickshire & OnlineChaired by: Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work] with Dr Nerys Williams, independent occupational physician
Book and pay by 8 August 2025 and save up to £75+VAT with early bird rates
Join The At Work Partnership for one of the most exciting OH events of the year! Each day of the engaging 2-day conference from 7th-8th October 2025 will explore some of the most significant issues in OH practice that affect your work as an OH professional.
Workplace Health 2025, taking place at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Warwickshire and online, will provide an in-depth clinical and management update on the most cutting-edge occupational health issues as well as plenty of opportunities for interaction, engagement & networking at the exhibition and conference dinner on 7 October 2025.
This year’s programme features discussions by a team of fantastic expert speakers - Dr Kim Burton (keynote lecture), Noreen Tehrani, Prof John Harrison, Prof Almuth McDowall, Audrey Ludwig, Prof Diana Kloss, Dr Pippa Leighton, Lucy Smith, Dr Amanda Edgeworth, David Rogers, Prof Jo Szram and Dr John Ballard!
Key conference themes include:
• The Work-Health conversation (Key note lecture)
• Psychological health surveillance
• Assessing mental health fitness for work
• Supporting neurodiversity at work
• Artificial intelligence and OH
• Evidence-based OH practice
• Driving and the role of OH
• Chronic pain management
• Occupational asthma
• Complaints against the OH professional
• 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 8th August – save up to £75 + VAT!
• SAVE £45 + VAT when you book the full conference package, which includes the 2-day conference, plus B&B and dinner on 7th OctoberClick here for more information and to book your place online.
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08 October 2025West Midlands
FOR SOM MEMBERS ONLY £35
Following our successful visit to Emma Bridgewater pottery in January, we have tied down a similar visit to the World of Wedgwood in Staffordshire for a factory tour followed by afternoon tea on Wednesday 8th October 2025.
The tour will begin at 1.30pm, followed by afternoon tea at 2.30pm. Spaces are limited to 13 people on a first come, first served basis. Please only book on if you can make it.
This is an opportunity to meet fellow SOM members in a friendly and relaxed environment.
Unfortunately, there is no Occupational health person available for the tour, however the guide will be able to answer questions as we go round. You will interact with some of the workers, many of whom have worked there for 30+ years and they will chat about the many processes and range of skills on the factory.
There is no photography allowed on the factory however.
You can find out more about the tour online here https://www.worldofwedgwood.com/
SOM Members ONLY. If you are not a member, please join here www.som.org.uk
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09 October 2025North West
This registration page is for in-person attendance only.
SOM Leadership Conference 2025 - Leading in challenging climates
SOM leadership event with the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work
Thursday 9th October 9.30am-5.00pm (registration and networking from 9am)
Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, 3.038, Booth Street West, Manchester M15 6PB
An inclusive day for all disciplines offering inspiration to develop your leadership skills.
Current challenges are on many levels – margins are tight, AI is emerging, and geopolitical and social uncertainty is affecting business. What skill sets are needed for the future? What are the business cases we need? This day will pull the above themes through highlighting the need to work in a multidisciplinary way.
The agenda is as follows:
9.00-9.15am Registration/networking
9.15-9.20am Welcome - Dr Lanre Ogunyemi & Dr Vicky Mason
9.20-10.05am Leading in challenging climates and managing in a digital age
Armchair conversation with Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE - Dr Richard Heron
10.05-10.50am Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders
When so much advice for leaders is based around being authentic, coaching, listening, empathetic - a "servant leader" - where is self-care? Using the theoretical framework of Transactional Analysis, this talk will include how we free ourselves from leadership archetypes and focus on psychological safety in our teams. Professor Nancy Doyle with Q and A discussion[1]
11.50-11.10am Tea/coffee and networking break
11.10am-12.10pm Panel - My Leadership journey – what challenges did I overcome?
Dr Abeyna Jones, Chris Terry, Hilary Winch & Jo Vallom Smith
12.10pm-12.55pm Skills in influencing and managing people and Boards in difficult situations
Dr Richard Heron
12.55-1.55pm Lunch/networking with opportunity to “mine the leaders” with speakers available to meet on a 1:1 basis*
1.55-2.55pm Discover your leadership competencies
Prof Jo Yarker & Nathan Palmer
Presenting the leadership competency framework with facilitated self / team discovery exercises to reflect about development needs/opportunities. What is your response to uncertainty, changing business contexts and the impact on the team’s needs?
2.55-3.40pm Leading in challenging environments- how does this feel personally? From threats do opportunities emerge?
Matt Day[2] NHS England, Director of clinical commissioning
3.40-3.55pm Tea/coffee and networking break
3.55-4.40pm People and teams – Professor Kevin Fenton
4.40pm Wrap up and close
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 Mimi.Eyeoyibo@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.
*Please note that 1:1 sessions are only available in-person
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09 October 2025Webinar
This registration page is for online attendance only.
SOM Leadership Conference 2025 - Leading in challenging climates
SOM leadership event with the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work
Thursday 9th October 9.30am-5.00pm, Online
An inclusive day for all disciplines offering inspiration to develop your leadership skills.
Current challenges are on many levels – margins are tight, AI is emerging, and geopolitical and social uncertainty is affecting business. What skill sets are needed for the future? What are the business cases we need? This day will pull the above themes through highlighting the need to work in a multidisciplinary way.
The agenda is as follows:
9.00-9.15am Registration/networking
9.15-9.20am Welcome - Dr Lanre Ogunyemi & Dr Vicky Mason
9.20-10.05am Leading in challenging climates and managing in a digital age
Armchair conversation with Professor Cary Cooper - Dr Richard Heron
10.05-10.50am Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders
When so much advice for leaders is based around being authentic, coaching, listening, empathetic - a "servant leader" - where is self-care? Using the theoretical framework of Transactional Analysis, this talk will include how we free ourselves from leadership archetypes and focus on psychological safety in our teams. Professor Nancy Doyle with Q and A discussion[1]
11.50-11.10am Tea/coffee and networking break
11.10am-12.10pm Panel - My Leadership journey – what challenges did I overcome?
Dr Abeyna Jones, Chris Terry, Hilary Winch & Jo Vallom Smith
12.10pm-12.55pm Skills in influencing and managing people and Boards in difficult situations
Dr Richard Heron
12.55-1.55pm Lunch/networking with opportunity to “mine the leaders” with speakers available to meet on a 1:1 basis*
1.55-2.55pm Discover your leadership competencies
Prof Jo Yarker & Nathan Palmer
Presenting the leadership competency framework with facilitated self / team discovery exercises to reflect about development needs/opportunities. What is your response to uncertainty, changing business contexts and the impact on the team’s needs?
2.55-3.40pm Leading in challenging environments- how does this feel personally? From threats do opportunities emerge?
Matt Day[2] NHS England, Director of clinical commissioning
3.40-3.55pm Tea/coffee and networking break
3.55-4.40pm People and teams – Professor Kevin Fenton
4.40pm Wrap up and close
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 Mimi.Eyeoyibo@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. The Zoom joining link will be emailed to you upon registration.
*Please note that 1:1 sessions are only available in-person
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09 October 2025Webinar
FREE for ALL (please log in on the SOM website first).
Summary of webinar:
Join us for this exclusive free webinar on mental health for frontline workers - bringing in both perspectives about reducing burnout with a systems thinking, how to provide (all kinds of) frontline workers with stronger mental health support and resilience; and how to use art and creativity but also design and action learning principles in better ways for advancing leadership for mental health.
Lars Münter will present his work in the WHO Strategic Partners Initiative for Data and Digital Health on data & AI for reducing burnout and on healthy workplaces in general.Presenter bio:
Lars Münter has more than 20 years of experience in developing and leveraging international, interdisciplinary and cross-sectorial platforms, nationally and internationally – and creating joint communication results and policy impacts based on those platforms.
He is a serial NGO entrepreneur; eg previously co-founding the Danish Council for Better Hygiene in 2006 (running the largest European campaigns for pandemic preparedness 2008-2018), the NGO called CSR-LINK (2014-2019) that held more than 40 conferences on corporate policy for sustainable futures, the European Self-Care Initiative in 2017, that won the CHi Award for Best European Campaign In 2019, co-leading the Nordic Health 2030 Movement as Communication Lead since 2019. And more.
He has co-authored a number of international scientific publications on empowerment, self-care, and health literacy – and is a an experienced facilitator of webinars and live debate sessions (eg at European Health Forum Gastein).
Chair: Professor Neil Greenberg
FREE for ALL. You will then be sent the joining link.
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17 October 2025Webinar
17 October 2025 Time 12:00–13:30 (UK time) / 20:00–21:30 (Japan time)
Webinar FREE FOR ALL
This webinar is run jointly by SOM and the Japanese Association of Occupational Health Law. It provides insights into the experience and regulation of presenteeism in the workplace in Japan and the UK and future policy options in this area.
Co-Chairs
• Professor Neil Greenberg (President, Society of Occupational Medicine)
• Professor Takenori Mishiba (Deputy Representative Director, Japan Association of Occupational Health Law)Speakers
• Professor Gail Kinman (Birkbeck, University of London)
• Associate Professor Makoto Okawara (School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)Program Schedule
• 12:00–12:10 (UK) / 20:00–20:10 (JP): Opening remarks by the co-chairs
• 12:10–12:25 (UK) / 20:10–20:25 (JP): Presentation by Professor Gail Kinman
• 12:25–12:35 (UK) / 20:25–20:35 (JP): Q&A
• 12:35–12:50 (UK) / 20:35–20:50 (JP): Presentation by Dr. Makoto Okawara
• 12:50–13:00 (UK) / 20:50–21:00 (JP): Q&A
• 13:00–13:25 (UK) / 21:00–21:25 (JP): General discussion
• 13:25–13:30 (UK) / 21:25–21:30 (JP): Closing remarks by the co-chairsFREE for ALL. Register for the event here
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20 October 2025Webinar
FREE for SOM Members (please log in on the SOM website first).
Session details:
Burnout is often spoken about in terms of systems, workload and resilience – but what happens when we explore it through a creative lens? This interactive webinar will consider how art, sketchnotes, and slow creative hobbies can support recovery from burnout, promote self-reflection, and help us reconnect with meaning in our work.
Drawing on personal experience, nursing practice, and examples from creative communities, Elfie will share how watercolour painting, illustration, sketchnoting, and other mindful activities have helped her slow down, process emotions, and challenge the pursuit of perfection. We will explore how creative expression, with its restorative and therapeutic qualities, can act as both an outlet and a mirror – helping people affected by burnout, or on the path towards it, to express themselves and articulate feelings that may be difficult to put into words.
Attendees will be invited to reflect on their own creative habits (or barriers to them) and consider how incorporating creativity into daily life, at work or at home, might offer new perspectives on burnout prevention and recovery.Speaker bio:
Elfie Astbury is a Registered Nurse, Professional Nurse Advocate (PNA), and passionate advocate for creativity as a tool for wellbeing. Alongside her nursing career, Elfie practises digital illustration and watercolour painting, and enjoys slow creative hobbies such as crochet, embroidery and gardening. She believes these activities help harness their restorative and therapeutic qualities to nurture wellbeing and support mental health. Elfie is also an active proponent of using sketchnotes (visual note taking) to capture ideas and information in ways that reduce cognitive load and support diverse teams. Drawing on both professional insight and lived experience of mental health challenges, she has spoken at conferences and events about the benefits of creative expression in healthcare - from supporting staff wellbeing to enhancing communication and connection.
Chair: Professor Gail Kinman
FREE for SOM Members (please log in on the SOM website). You will then be sent the join link.
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20 October 2025Webinar
FREE for ALL (please log in on the SOM website first).
Webinar Summary - A New Era of Assessing Driver Health
1934 First licence for a lorry driver was issued;
1967 The Road Safety Act paved the way for lorry drivers testing and licensing;
1988 The Road Traffic Act developed this further with the concept of fitness to drive;
1990 The DVLA was formed;
2025 Why are we are still using the DVLA D4 form to assess medical fitness...?The UK has changed a lot since the DVLA was formed: our population has gone from 57.25M to 69.55M, with obesity in adults doubling between 1990 and 2022. As the needs (and disease prevalence) of drivers has changed over the years so our approach to assessing driver physical and mental health, and thus safety, must also evolve while legislation catches up.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Grant Charlesworth-Jones, Chairman of the D4Group is uniquely qualified as both a GP and a Barrister, bringing a wealth of experience from the medical, legal, and occupational health fields. His diverse background inspired him to create D4Drivers, now the UK's largest provider of driver health assessments and D4Health, specialists in Occupational Health for the transport and logistics sector.
Driven by a passion for improving road safety, he also spearheaded the Driving Better Health charity, which has garnered widespread industry support. In collaboration with Loughborough University, the charity is leading groundbreaking research into how occupational driving impacts the health of professional drivers. Through these efforts, Dr. Charlesworth-Jones is dedicated to advocating for more proactive and regular driver health interventions, making a strong case for improved safety regulations on the road.
Chair: Lucy Smith, Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing, Mitie
FREE for ALL. You will then be sent the joining link.
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03 November 2025Webinar
A FOM-approved course in preparation for the FOM Diploma in Occupational Medicine (DOccMed).
The course covers:
- Introduction to Occupational Health
- Effects of work on health
- Clinical Occupational Health and Management
- Assessment of Actual Workplace ScenariosCourse Leaders: Dr Lanre Ogunyemi, Dr Alan Bray and Dr Steven Sadhra
Course Dates: Monday 3rd - Friday 7th November and Monday 24th - Friday 28th November 2025 (Virtual – Online)
Price: £3,480 including VAT
Click here to view more information and register your interest.
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03 November 2025Webinar
Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) Standard Refresher Course
Monday 3rd November - A Virtual Event
Course tutor: Dr Roger Cooke, consultant in occupational medicine, and a leading expert in hand-arm vibration syndrome
Do you need to refresh your HAVS skills? Join The At Work Partnership virtually on Monday 3rd November to develop your skills and refresh your knowledge on managing HAVs cases with leading HAVS expert Dr Roger Cooke.
Who is the training designed for?
The day is designed for OH professionals who have attended the Faculty of Occupational Medicine approved two-day HAVS training course. In order to undertake statutory tier 3 or tier 4 HAVS assessments, all OH professionals need to have an OH qualification, so this is a prerequisite.
There are two levels of HAVS refresher course, a standard course and an advanced course. The standard course is tailored specifically for OH advisers and physicians who don’t regularly undertake HAVS surveillance and will provide an in-depth update on the requirements for health surveillance for a workforce exposed to hand-transmitted vibration, and in the diagnosis and management of an individual with HAVS.
Benefits of attending the HAVS refresher training
- Enhance your knowledge and skills
- Based on the outcome of health surveillance, it will enable you to:
- Minimise risk of progression
- Maximise chance of improvement
- Reduce financial/legal implications
- Gain up-to-date and in-depth guidance on the following areas:
- Understand the latest guidance and recent case law
- HAVS surveillance
- Diagnostic criteria
- Case management
- Put theory into practice with real-life case studies
- Submit your own examples of cases for discussion. Delegates who submit their own cases can gain tailored expert tailored feedback.
EARLY BIRD RATE OFFER: Book and pay before 19th September and save £50 + VAT
Click here for the full HAVS standard refresher course programme and to book online