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23 October 2019
By Lesley Kezhu Wang
There are many issues with menopause at work - negatively impacting the wellbeing of female employees and productivity - action must be taken. Speakers included Carolyn Harris MP, Rachel Maclean MP...
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10 October 2019We welcome suicide prevention as the focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day. A report published last year by the SOM and...
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08 October 2019
Guest blog by Dr Paul J Nicholson OBE, Chair, APPG Report Writing Committee
Throughout this decade our professional bodies have repeatedly expressed concern at the falling numbers of occupational medicine specialists. ...
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08 October 2019SOM welcomes the Government’s consultation on improving health at work alongside proposed changes to improve statutory sick pay. We welcome the focus this consultation brings...
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26 September 2019Today, Business in the Community (BITC) and Mercer Marsh Benefits have released a new report, ‘Time to Take Ownership’. Together with eight other national partners, the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has collaborated on the recommendations for businesses detailed in the report.
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03 September 2019The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) today updated its strapline – changing from the Society of Occupational Medicine to Supporting occupational health and wellbeing professionals. This change reflects the SOM’s strong multidisciplinary focus, the wide range of occupational health (OH) professions in its membership base, and...
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30 August 2019By Yvette Martyn
Workers making the rhinestones often found on high street jewellery, fashion and decorative items are at risk of developing silicosis, according to a new study ...
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08 August 2019
Guest blog by Dr Lisa Curran
All over the UK, medical graduates start their first hospital post on the 7th August 2019. What an important day this is. 23 years ago, I was there too.
August 1996 to February 1997, I was Medical House Officer for...
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30 July 2019
Guest blog by Dr Drushca Lalloo, lead author of The Value of Occupational Health Research report
As a follow-on from the Society of Occupational Medicine’s (SOM) 2017 report ...
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Title: WELL -being matters17 July 2019
Guest blog by Francesca Langton Kendall, Workplace Wellbeing Consultant, Making Moves.
Over the past five years awareness of the importance of health and wellbeing has grown rapidly as a primary concern in the design and...