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17 June 2022Guest blog for Occupational Health Awareness Week by Helena Brady, Senior Occupational Health Advisor
The annual International Nurses' Day has recently been celebrated and it would be remiss to not...
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17 June 2022The SOM welcomes the Department of Work and Pension’s changes in July to the fit note. This allows a wider range of healthcare professionals such as nurses, occupational...
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16 June 2022Guest blog for Occupational Health Awareness Week by Dr E Sarah L Porter, Occupational Physician and Chair of SOM Northern Ireland Group
Like physical health, mental...
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15 June 2022Guest blog for Occupational Health Awareness Week by John Drew, Director of Staff Experience and Engagement, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Launching our NHS Growing Occupational Health and Wellbeing (GOHWB...
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14 June 2022Guest blog for Occupational Health Awareness Week by Karen Mills, Director of Zen Occupational Health Ltd.
I qualified as an RGN In 1990 and worked in various roles, leaving the NHS as a ward manager in 2007...
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14 June 2022Occupational health has a key role to support ESG factors (Environment, Social, and Governance).
This paper, The Future of Work, Health, Wellbeing and Sustainability: Time to Act...
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Title: Call to level up access to Occupational Health as Minister for Disabled People visits OH services
19 May 2022The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) welcomed the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work Chloe Smith MP to Occupational Health (OH) departments at Transport for London and Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust on 17th May.
SOM...
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16 May 2022
Top 10 tips for meeting drug and alcohol legal requirements for happy and healthy workplaces by Toxicology Consultant Helen Vangikar:
- Create the policy in collaboration with key stakeholders....
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Title: Access to Work Mental Health Support Service: Personalised support for workforce mental health13 May 2022
Mental health remains the leading cause of sickness absence, with an estimated 70 million work days lost annually due to mental health problems in the UK, costing employers approximately £2.4 billion per year*.
The pandemic has accentuated the problem - with more employees...
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21 April 2022The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is delighted to welcome Lord Popat as a Patron of the SOM. Lord Popat joins Lord Blunkett, Dame Carol Black, and Sir Norman Lamb as SOM Patrons.
SOM looks forward to welcoming Lord Popat at the launch of a...