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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...
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23 February 2023Ill-health in the UK is a key contributor for people dropping out of the workforce (especially the over 50s) - sickness absence is the main contributor to...
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20 February 2023
Guest blog by Dr Momeda Deen, in association with BIMA (British Islamic Medical Association)
Between 22nd March and 21st April 2023, Muslims around the world will be celebrating the holy month of Ramadan by fasting every day between dawn and sunset. But what are the...
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31 January 2023* Organisations to receive up to £100,000 to help with challenges small businesses and self-employed face with ill health at work
* Projects to focus on research and development to increase access and capacity in occupational health (OH)A £1 million fund for new ideas to...
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25 January 2023Dr Shriti Pattani, SOM President, provided evidence to this committee. She described the economic, social and individual case for providing occupational health (OH) support and services in the workplace - helping employers reduce absenteeism, reduced presenteeism, and improved productivity. She referenced the...
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06 January 2023This is a five-year strategy to improve the health and wellbeing services for NHS people, to keep them safe and healthy, and empowered to pass good care onto patients. This forms part of the NHS’s ambition for a proactive culture of wellbeing within the NHS people plan and people promise. This strategy now forms a mandate...
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12 December 2022Guest blog by Stacey Lowman, Head of Employee Wellbeing at Claro Wellbeing
In the workplace, “wellbeing washing” is when businesses publicly advocate for employee wellbeing...
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05 December 2022
Guest blog by Dr Jan Maskell
As a Sustainability Consultant, I work with healthcare professionals helping them to appreciate their role in tackling climate change. One resource when preparing to support them is The Lancet...