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03 October 2025SOM has published a new Occupational Health Leadership Competency Framework. The framework provides a clear, practical, and aspirational guide to leadership development across the profession.
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Title: Supporting the health of health care workers - SOM partnership with the University of Addis Ababa
01 October 2025By Rose Wood, SOM International Coordinator
A core part of this new partnership is delivering training that equips Health and Safety Officers (HSOs) in Public Health facilities across four regions in Ethiopia with essential skills and knowledge in Occupational Health and Safety (OHS). Two of the four planned...
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Title: From Suffragettes to Standards: Ninety Years on Women's Health Must Finally Take Centre Stage
25 September 2025By Amy McKeown, Workplace Health Strategy Consultant
When Britain’s suffragettes campaigned for the vote in the early 1900s, women in allied labour movements were also pressing for safer, fairer workplaces; shorter hours in the mills and protections against the industrial hazards that damaged so many workers’ health....
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24 September 2025By Amy McKeown, Workplace Health Strategy Consultant
When the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) began in 1935 (then known as the Association of Industrial Medical Officers), Britain was powered by mills, mines, and shipyards. Coal dust coated lungs, machinery mangled hands and long shifts were routine. A handful of...
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22 September 2025By Nick Pahl, SOM CEO
Today marks the start of Occupational Health Awareness Week 2025! Use the hashtag #OHAW2025 to join the conversation.
The week increases awareness of what occupational health (OH) is and the value it provides to workplace health.
This year we focus on HR professionals...
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22 September 2025Only 12% of HR professionals identify occupational health (OH) as one of the top factors contributing to employee health at work - despite evidence that OH underpins many of the wellbeing priorities they ranked more highly.
The findings come from a YouGov survey commissioned by the SOM ahead of Occupational Health Awareness Week (OHAW)....
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22 September 2025Occupational Health Awareness Week (OHAW25) is this week - Monday 22nd to Sunday 28th September. The campaign shines a spotlight on the role of occupational health (OH) in improving workplace health, retention, and organisational performance. Do get involved!
The theme is “...
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15 September 2025Guest blog by Rebecca Preece, Senior Occupational Health Advisor
I studied to become a Nurse at Portsmouth University. Our cohort was unique as everyone was serving in the armed forces. We split our time between Portsmouth University, where we could wear civilian clothing, and Fort Blockhouse (in Gosport), where we wore...
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11 September 2025With workplace sickness absence stuck at record levels, employers need to step-change how they think about and manage employee ill health. Importantly, they need to recognise that the value of occupational health (OH) services goes far beyond simply supporting employees who are unwell.
The call from SOM has come as research from the HR...
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09 September 2025
Guest blog by Rachel Mitchell, LightAware Charity
Marcus was a Management Consultant in a top UK consulting firm, a well-paid and fulfilling career spanning two decades. Despite pursuing a healthy lifestyle and having no existing health conditions,...