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28 January 2025
Guest blog by Cat Blake
98% of mothers want to work, dispelling the myth that women do not want to return after having children.
But, within three years of having children, 85% leave full-time employment, and 19% leave...
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23 January 2025
Guest blog by Dr Paul J Nicholson OBE
The SOM report Occupational Health: The Value Proposition (OHVP) collates the evidence to...
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21 January 2025
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Royal College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions Federation have published their 2025 consensus statement as follows:
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15 January 2025Thank you for being a member in our 90th anniversary year and best wishes for 2025.
To continue to receive SOM benefits, please renew your membership. Your membership is open for renewal from now until the end of March. If you pay by direct debit, renewal will occur automatically and a payment will be made on or around...
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16 December 2024The winners of the 2024 SOM Occupational Health Awards were announced on Thursday 12th December at our Awards Reception in Manchester. You can read about the winners in our Awards Pack.
- Outstanding Occupational Health Team, sponsored by...
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02 December 2024SOM recognises that there are some good pointers for the future in the Get Britain Working White Paper, but was disappointed not to see Occupational Health (OH) clearly stated to support prevention of work related ill health....
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07 November 2024NEBOSH has invested £80,000 in a project to tackle one of the world's most dangerous occupations: artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM).
The project – coordinated by the International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative (IOMSC) and supported by...
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30 October 2024The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) welcomes the Budget focus on supporting people in and into work, and the related announcement by the Chancellor of 28th October of “Building a Britain where...
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18 October 2024Guest blog by Emma Persand, SOM Diversity & Inclusion vice chair
World Menopause Day provides an opportunity to advance workplace support for women’s health.
This week SOM launched its...
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27 September 2024Guest blog by Affinity Health at Work as part of the Project OSCAR team
Stress accounts for almost half of all cases of work-related ill-health and of all working days lost due to illness (...