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18 March 2025SOM and CIPD today held a Parliamentary reception on 'Helping women thrive in work: making women's and reproductive health a key priority'. Speakers included Emma Persand, Chair of SOM's Women's Health at Work Network, Sarah Owen MP...
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17 March 2025
Guest blog by Corryn Brown
Ahead of tomorrow's SOM/CIPD parliamentary reception on 'Helping women thrive in work: making women's and reproductive health a key priority', this blog by Corryn Brown explores the experiences of new mothers in the...
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14 March 2025
Dr Lara Shemtob, SOM Honorary Policy Adviser, introduces new SOM guidance:
The relationship between work and health has never been more relevant to the UK population. The number of working age people who are economically inactive due to ill...
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Title: World Sleep Day 2025
14 March 2025Today is World Sleep Day 2025. SOM has created an information sheet on snoring and sleep apnoea - download here.
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13 March 2025
By Dr Lara Shemtob
The Health Foundation’s Final Report of the Commission for Healthier Working Lives was published on Monday offering a compelling...
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28 February 2025SOM has launched a Consensus document on fatigue risk management, authored by Dr Bernadette Dalton and the North-west NHS Occupational Physicians group. Download the document ...
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20 February 2025
Guest blog by Nigel Lloyd, Senior Research Fellow - PHIRST Connect, University of Hertfordshire
Employee health and wellbeing in the UK is far from ideal. Post-pandemic, there has been a rise in the number of working-age people leaving the workforce, with long-term...
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11 February 2025
Guest blog by Grace Gimson
In today’s work environment, prioritising the physical and mental wellbeing of employees is essential for any organisation aiming to thrive. Companies are increasingly recognising the importance of adopting a proactive...
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11 February 2025Registration is now open for the SOM/FOM Annual Conference: Occupational Health 2025. The conference will take place 17th-18th June in Brighton. Book your place here. ...
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Title: Return-to-Work Guidance for Occupational Health: Practical Tips for Time-Limited Consultations05 February 2025
Guest blog by Lynne Drumm, Lisa Harrison and Jo Vallom-Smith
Supporting employees in their return to work (RTW) is a core function of occupational health physicians (OHPs) and occupational health advisers (OHAs). Often, these conversations happen in brief, one-off consultations,...