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24 September 2024
The Smart Clinic is a specialist provider of occupational health and corporate wellbeing packages to organisations around the UK. We explore one of their client case studies to see how occupational health made a difference to their client’s business, reducing absence costs by 60% and saving them around £1.38m per year...
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23 September 2024This new SOM guide to buying wellbeing products or services, launched today as part of Occupational Health Awareness Week, aims to provide occupational health (OH) professionals, and those responsible for purchasing wellbeing products or services, with evidence-based frameworks to make informed and effective decisions and...
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23 September 2024By Nick Pahl, SOM CEO
Occupational Health Awareness Week aims to raise awareness of occupational health (OH) and explain the value it provides.
Have a look at the...
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09 September 2024The term 'suicide postvention' refers to the actions taken by an organisation to provide effective support in a sensitive manner after a death by suicide. It aims to promote recovery and prevent further adverse outcomes.
This new SOM resource, authored by...
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02 September 2024This SOM guide, commissioned by National Highways, aims to offer advice to both employers and occupational health professionals on supporting the health of at work driving populations and reducing road traffic incidents. The scope of...
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16 August 2024The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is proud of a new partnership with the Occupational Health Unit at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan (COMUI), and the Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Physicians of Nigeria (SOEHPON).
The collaboration is providing a series of week-long occupational health training...
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16 July 2024It is now expected for occupational health (OH) services to use some form of electronic record management system.
The right software programme will help you comply with data protection regulations, recordkeeping standards and audit clinical protocols – to work more effectively, deliver management information and, as a result, provide a...
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30 May 2024The next General Election will be held on 4th July. For many years, SOM has been collaborating closely with policymakers from all parties to advocate for occupational health (OH) and we will continue to do so post-Election, when a new Government is in place. The months leading up to an election often see MPs and...
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01 May 2024SOM is calling for support for people to stay in, and return to, work though investment in universal access to occupational health.
This should be alongside support (such as work-focused coaching) to help people, such as those with mental...
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19 April 2024Prime Minister Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, MP announced plans today to review the fit note system for people not well enough to work. ...