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12 January 2026
Thank you for being a member and best wishes for 2026.
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 1 February - you do not have...
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Title: Visit to Zimbabwe for improving the mental health and wellbeing of health care staff launch event08 January 2026
By Professor Anne Harriss, SOM Past President
In November 2025 I attended a launch event of the above project at Gweru Provincial Hospital, Midlands Province, hosted by Prof Dingani Moyo, a Zimbabwean based occupational physician. This project is funded by NEBOSH’s social purpose fund.
The provision of...
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08 January 2026SOM has secured funding from Lloyd’s Register Foundation to run a systematic literature review on the mental health, safety and wellbeing of first responders in 2026.
Disasters and extreme events are becoming more frequent. Protecting the health and safety of first responders is of vital importance, so governments, and the public, can...
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08 January 2026
A new project to address the mental health, emotional resilience, and wellbeing of healthcare workers in a hospital in Zimbabwe has been launched. It aims to demonstrate the value of basic occupational health services in the public sector, focusing on the health of health care...
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15 December 2025
By Rose Wood, SOM International Coordinator
In 2025, the Occupational Health Unit at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan and the Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians of Nigeria completed an Occupational Health Training Project for healthcare workers across Oyo State, Nigeria. SOM provided...
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11 December 2025The winners of the 2025 SOM Occupational Health Awards were announced on Wednesday 10th December at our Awards Reception at the RCP London. You can read about the winners in our Awards Pack.
- Outstanding Occupational Health Initiative - Winner:...
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09 December 2025
Guest blog by Carl Wells PhD
Occupational health is highly beneficial for the wellness of a workforce, from ensuring physical capability and safety to maintaining and enhancing good mental health. OH is preventative and reactive - providing a platform from which employees can thrive. Yet, the implementation of...
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Title: Shift Work and Diet02 December 2025
Guest blog by Lisa Davies, Registered Nutritionist & Postgraduate Dietetic student, KCL
Shift work is a significant public health concern, affecting 14% of the UK working population (over 4 million people). It is associated with long-term health risks, with evidence showing that night-shift or irregular-hour workers...
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18 November 2025Save the date for the SOM/FOM Conference, 15-17th June 2026 in Nottingham.
On the afternoon of June 15th there will workplace visits, followed by an evening reception at...
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17 November 2025
Guest blog by Dr Georges Petitjean
“We don’t have employees using drugs or alcohol in our organisation”, the HR Director of a major City firm told me, almost 10 years ago. Six months ago, a CEO said, “We never set up drug testing on purpose, because if employees need time off to get treatment for their...