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07 January 2022Sickness absence levels are at record levels as people self-isolate with COVID-19. Occupational health has a key role in managing absence. It equips employers and employees with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to return to work quickly. There are also benefits in terms of effective...
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17 December 2021An evidence review, ‘Return to work after long COVID: Evidence at 8th March 2021’ , undertaken by an international group of experts states that return to work for an individual with long...
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10 December 2021The winners of the 2021 SOM Occupational Health Awards were announced this week at the SOM Christmas Drinks at the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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09 December 2021SOM supports the new public health measures to reduce the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. It is highly likely that there will be an increase in close contacts and cases in workers. This could have a significant effect on attendance and absence and is a potential threat to business continuity....
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29 September 2021COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of occupational health. Tackling inequalities in occupational health provision and access is a key issue in the levelling up agenda.
The government has set out an aim to ‘level up’ the country, promising to increase prosperity, widen...
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28 September 2021
Guest blog by Dr Yvette Martyn, Occupational Health Physician at Medigold Health
18 months on from the World Health Organization declaring a pandemic, the vaccination programme is in full swing. The emphasis has shifted from a need to protect workers from...
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10 September 2021
Guest blog for World Suicide Prevention Day by Martin Short, DI Head of Wellbeing, Diversity and Inclusion
Although it has a happy ending, the following account describes a suicide attempt by a young person and my personal reflections on the mental health...
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12 August 2021
Guest blog by Dr Paul J Nicholson OBE
Recently, it is has become commonplace for some organisations to state that only around half of the UK workforce has access to occupational health services; however, the underlying data is unreliable and I propose that access is likely to have...
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19 July 2021The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has today launched a new Podcast series about work and health. Listen here.
The first episode in this new Podcast series focuses on Long COVID and work. Long COVID...