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17 April 2023SOM is concerned about government cuts to pledges to support the health and social care workforce. There are currently 250,000 vacancies across health and social care. Working conditions in both sectors are challenging, with consequences for sickness absence, retention, and high turnover of staff. Work in health and...
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05 April 2023Guest blog by Amy McKeown, Strategist and Consultant in Organisational Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing
One of the missed opportunities in my work as a workplace health, mental health and wellbeing consultant is how occupational health (OH) is...
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30 March 2023
Guest blog by Dr Lara Shemtob
The government have acknowledged the gap in occupational health provision (OH), in the...
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29 March 2023If you are experienced in occupational health (OH) nursing or work in OH as an allied health professional and want to support the specialty, SOM, the National School of Occupational Health and providers such as PAM and Cordell Health would encourage you to apply for this new opportunity. Training support will be...
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28 March 2023
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24 March 2023With increasing concerns around the working conditions and psychological wellbeing of staff in the NHS, questions have been raised about how best to support staff wellbeing. Research is clear that wellbeing interventions that target the organisation and staff’s working environment work better than...
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17 March 2023- No screen time for the hour before going to bed.
- Put the day to bed before you go to bed. Tidy up any loose ends from your day and get yourself ready for the following day long before you plan to go to bed.
- Have a note pad by your bed to write down thoughts...
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15 March 2023Experts today welcomed the ‘unprecedented’ focus on workplace health in this year’s Budget which places occupational health (OH) expertise at the heart of strategies to tackle workforce drop-outs due to ill health.
However, The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) and Commercial...
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13 March 2023
Guest blog by Professor Diana Kloss MBE
This Bill has received its second reading in the House of Commons and now moves to the Committee stage. Its purpose is to examine all the remaining UK regulations that originated in the European Union and any direct EU...
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07 March 2023
Guest blog by Dr Lara Shemtob
I work across occupational health (OH) and general practice and have an interest in the role of the fit note where most workers do not have access to OH. I find it can be challenging to have productive conversations...