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27 November 2017The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) was pleased to have had the opportunity to contribute to the Government’s Green Paper on work, health and disability earlier this year.
Since then, we have been working closely...
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13 November 2017Save the date for the Society of Occupational Medicine / Faculty of Occupational Medicine conference 'Occupational Health 2018', 25th - 27th June in London.
For more information please visit the Occupational Health 2018 website.
We look forward to...
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10 November 2017On Tuesday 7th November, the Society of Occupational Medicine joined the Carnegie UK Trust and the College of Medicine for a discussion on 'What is Good Work?' Representatives from the policy, health, business, trade union and academic communities were invited to attend the House of Lords luncheon hosted by SOM Patron Lord David Blunkett....
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03 November 2017SOM CEO Nick Pahl reports on the International Symposium on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH) conference in Edinburgh in August. The conference saw occupational health epidemiologists from across the world meet to present their latest research and review research needs in the future. The symposium suggested it is time to put...
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03 November 2017“Mental Health conditions are common and have the potential to blight the lives of individuals, their families and their friends. They also have an enormous economic and social cost. While rates of mental disorders are slightly lower in the Armed Forces than in the general population it is great to see the Ministry of Defence partnering with...
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06 October 2017The SOM QAAS scheme is now ISO 9001 certified. This independent assessment was conducted by the British Assessment Bureau, a leading Certification Body, and demonstrates the SOM’s commitment to customer...
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04 October 2017Event takes a hard look at efforts to achieve workplace mental health and how they can transform the workplace.
Are the places we work more attuned to mental health and responsive to mental illness in 2017? That was the focus of a Society of Occupational Medicine and British Psychological Society event on workplace mental health...
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01 August 2017This free service is available to SOM members for all your occupational health and medicine legal queries.
The service covers legal issues arising from your Occupational Health practice, so may cover employment law or legal queries such as consent, confidentiality, report writing etc.
Advice is available via email. Your enquiry...
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18 July 2017Dr Paul Williams (main picture) is the new President of the Society of Occupational Medicine.
Paul graduated from Leeds Medical School in 1987 and worked as a junior hospital doctor in Bradford, Leeds, York and Northumberland before becoming a full time Leicester GP in 1992. He is a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners....
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14 June 2017The SOM offer insurance-based indemnity policy for nurses who work in occupational health and who are SOM members. Nurses have been legally obliged to have indemnity cover since the Government introduced the requirement for all healthcare professionals in July 2014. The Nursing and Midwifery Code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics...