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Title: SOM recommends that PHE and HSE review their risk assessment for health and social care workers
07 January 2021Society of Occupational Medicine recommends that PHE and HSE review their risk assessment for health and social care workers to ensure controls are adequate.
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM)...
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05 January 2021
Guest blog by Astrid Palmer MSc RGN ROH SCHPN
In late September 2019, a cluster of unusual flu-like cases were reported to the WHO by the Chinese authorities. By the end of December, the phones and email inboxes...
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14 December 2020The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM)
- welcomes the key role that Occupational Health (OH) professionals have played and continue to play in supporting the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine. This activity is in addition to their existing activities. Investment is required to support...
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26 November 2020The Society of Occupational Medicine is pleased to be working with Public Health England on a COVID-19 work, worklessness and health briefing and webinar series up to end March 2021. Following the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this support will focus on addressing the effects of the pandemic on the labour market...
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18 November 2020
Guest blog by Dr Bernadette Paver
Last week the news broke that there is a very real possibility of an effective vaccine for Coronavirus becoming available early next year. Stock markets jumped and although Donald Trump continued his insistence that the US election...
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16 November 2020The Society and Faculty of Occupational Medicine, with the University of Glasgow, hosted this summit in November. The event brought together global academic, public health and scientific experts to address questions such as:
- Does unemployment create a bigger societal risk to health...
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12 November 2020
Guest blog by Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, King's College London
There’s no doubt at all that since 1796, when Jenner first introduced a vaccine against smallpox, vaccination has saved countless lives. For me, it’s now almost impossible to...
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10 November 2020The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM), The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and the University of Glasgow are today hosting a summit on COVID-19 and Risk. The summit will bring together global experts and will review how reducing one risk to control COVID-19 will cause risk elsewhere.
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28 October 2020
Guest blog by Dr Clare Fernandes, Chief Medical Officer, BBC
Occupational health plays a vital role in supporting employers to plan and implement an effective framework of health and wellbeing. COVID-19 has showcased the true value of occupational health, the value...
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21 October 2020
Guest blog by Dr Rebecca Torry and Dr Alex Freeman, The Louise Tebboth Foundation
When a member of a primary care team dies suddenly, there are considerable repercussions. About thirty...