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30 April 2020Experts have said that given the lack of evidence available on the COVID-19 virus a precautionary approach should be followed, with the adoption of good occupational hygiene principles to protect workers. In order to do this a higher level of respiratory protective equipment should be provided to healthcare workers...
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29 April 2020The safety of thousands of British workers has been put at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic because they have been denied standard health and safety protection, says one of the UK’s leading experts in occupational health medicine, in...
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29 April 2020
Guest blog by Dr James Quigley, Medical Director, Healthwork
Dr James Quigley shares his experiences of supporting the executive leadership team at NHS Nightingale North West (NHSN NW) to set up a pop-up OH service for the field hospital...
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28 April 2020
By Dr Yvette Martyn
On 28th April 2020 it is the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The ...
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28 April 2020As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is today renewing its call for the UK government to prevent any further work-related deaths.
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22 April 2020
Guest blog by Lt General Louis Lillywhite, Chatham House and Occupational Medicine Consultant
The COVID -19 outbreak has already disrupted the global economy, and the demand for hospital care is exceeding the capacity of many nations’ health systems. The...
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14 April 2020
Guest blog by Prof Alison Leary, Professor of Healthcare and Workforce Modelling at London South Bank University
The recent COVID-19 situation has exacerbated a workforce crisis in healthcare. A global workforce shortage of occupations such as nursing1 mean that...
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09 April 2020
Guest blog by Phil Waterworth, Clinical Operations Director at Team Prevent
As the COVID-19 crisis escalated, it became clear very quickly that managers in the NHS required help in supporting staff with...
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Title: Health care bodies call on Government to pledge that no worker should die of work-acquired COVID-19
06 April 2020Goal zero for work place fatalities in health and social care due to COVID-19 - Work related fatalities is not a given
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has called on the UK government to now...
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06 April 2020
Guest blog by Dr Roxane L. Gervais, Chartered Psychologist and Registered Occupational Psychologist
The past few weeks have brought monumental change across every aspect of society. Work, health care, social care, education,...