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24 January 2019Guest blog by Mark Hammar, ISO 45001 expert, AdviseraIn March 2018, ISO 45001 was released by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), becoming the internationally recognized requirements for implementing an Occupational Health & Safety Management System (...
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15 January 2019The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM), the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and NHS Health at Work Network welcome this month’s publication of the NHS Long Term Plan. It provides explicit recognition that the performance of any healthcare system depends upon its staff, the conditions under which they work...
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09 January 2019Your membership is open for renewal from now until the end of March 2019. If you pay by direct debit, renewal will occur automatically and a payment will be made on or around 1 February. If not, you can renew by credit/debit card now by logging in...
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18 December 2018The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has partnered up with Lloyd & Whyte to help occupational health (OH) professionals make sense of their finances for now and the future.
The...
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07 December 2018
Guest blog by Dr Justin Varney MBBS FFPH HonFFOM
Interim Strategy & Planning Lead, Business in the Community & National Strategic Advisor, Public Health England
On average two women each week in England and...
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07 December 2018
The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust has partnered with the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) to produce a leaflet, focused on looking after oneself, written specifically for occupational health professionals. You can download the leaflet here:...
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26 November 2018
Workplace Wellbeing - Theory, Strategy and Application for OH Teams
18th March 2019, 9.30-4.30
Venue: 20 Little Britain, London, EC1A 7DH
Join James Rind – Workplace Wellbeing...
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20 November 2018The Society of Occupational Medicine was last night recognised for outstanding dedication to the health and wellbeing of its staff in a special ceremony at City Hall, achieving a Commitment Award.
Alongside a number of other organisations, the SOM was awarded the...
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09 November 2018Employees are wrongly assuming that keeping active during leisure time will protect them from the danger of sitting for long periods when working in an office, a new study has found.
An active coach potato is a person who is physically active...
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06 November 2018Save the date for the Society of Occupational Medicine / Faculty of Occupational Medicine conference 'Occupational Health 2019', 17th - 19th June in Bristol.
For more information please visit the Occupational Health 2019 website.
We look forward...