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03 April 2020In the COVID-19 pandemic lives will inevitably be lost that could, in other circumstances, have been saved. This has the potential to cause moral injuries in key workers, according to a new editorial published in Occupational Medicine Journal....
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27 March 2020
Guest blog by Dr Charlie Vivian, Consultant Occupational Physician at Icarus Health
COVID-19 is setting up to be the defining event of our lifetimes. Wars, disasters and tragedy happen with distressing frequency across the world - for most of us, it is others who experience these. But suddenly, we ALL...
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Title: SOM Statements re COVID-19
25 March 2020COVID-19 testing should be available for key workers
One vital aspect to control the spread of COVID-19 and support the response is testing. The Government has a target of 25,000 tests to be available through a swab - useful for...
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23 March 2020
Guest blog by Professor Gail Kinman and Dr Kevin Teoh
Recent steps taken to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus means that many more people will be working from home for the foreseeable future. The good news is that working from home can improve wellbeing,...
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Title: Technology and COVID-1919 March 2020
Guest blog by Kavita Reddi, co-founder of Voxta
Technology and data are a crucial part of halting the spread of the COVID-19 - mapping the arch of the virus, determining who is...
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18 March 2020We have been approached by a number of OH doctors and nurses in the last few days, eager to volunteer their support and expertise to help the NHS occupational health community during the coronavirus pandemic.
If you are able to support these efforts, please email ...
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13 March 2020After careful consideration of the rapidly changing situation relating to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Society of Occupational Medicine and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine have taken the decision to postpone the Occupational Health 2020 Conference and Exhibition and provisionally re-schedule to 19th-21st October 2020...
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06 March 2020A significant proportion of worldwide cases of coronavirus have been related to occupational exposure. All health personnel should be alert to the risk of COVID-19 in a wide variety of occupations, not only HCWs, according to an...
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03 February 2020Social workers providing care and support to people in distress are at risk of developing compassion fatigue, which is a risk factor for a deterioration in their own mental health, according to a new study...
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31 January 2020On the 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Less than two weeks later a novel coronavirus (2019n-CoV) was identified as the cause. Early on, many of the cases in Wuhan were reported to...