The winners of the 2021 SOM Occupational Health Awards were announced this week at the SOM Christmas Drinks at the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Winners were presented with their trophies by Dr Vicky Mason (Chair of SOM Council), Dr Rikard Moen (Chair of SOM International Group), Professor Anne Harriss (SOM Past President) and the award sponsors. SOM President Dr Jayne Moore introduced the evening and Professor Anne Harriss closed the event with a few words of thanks to everyone involved. We are delighted to announce the winners as follows:
Outstanding Occupational Health Initiative - March on Stress
Outstanding Occupational Health Practitioner, sponsored by Health Management Limited - Dr Nurlan Baimenshin
Outstanding Contribution by an Employer to Workplace Health and Wellbeing, sponsored by Greys Specialist Recruitment - National Express
Outstanding Occupational Health Team, sponsored by Lloyd & Whyte - Occupational Health & Wellbeing Department, King’s College Hospital
Outstanding Contribution to the Development of OH Globally - Dr Shawaludin Husin
Outstanding Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion, sponsored by PAM Group - Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust
Special commendation was awarded to Dr Clare Fernandes and Dr James Quigley for Outstanding Occupational Health Practitioner, Anglian Water for Outstanding Contribution by an Employer to Workplace Health and Wellbeing, and Staying Well at Work - Rhondda Cynon Taf Council (externally funded) for Outstanding Occupational Health Team. You can read about all of the award winners here.
Top of page: Occupational Health & Wellbeing Department, King's College Hospital. Below: (left) winners March on Stress, (right) Dr Lisa Curran from King's. 2nd row: (l) Health Management's Margaret McNab with Dr Syed Ahmed who accepted on behalf of Dr Nurlan Baimenshin, (r) Prof Anne Harriss with Natalie Harries and Sara Brookes from National Express. 3rd row: (l) Dr Rikard Moen presented the award for Outstanding Contribution to OH Globally, (r) Jonathan Hill and Anton Smith from Anglian Water. 4th row: (l) sponsors PAM Group, (r) Dr David Charles Snashall with Prof Neil Greenberg. 5th row: (l) Dr Rikard Moen, SOM CEO Nick Pahl, Dr Blair Crichton and Lloyd & Whyte's Matthew Pyke, (r) Dr Vicky Mason and Prof Anne Harriss. Bottom row: (l) PAM Group's Imogen Cardwell and Janet O'Neill, Health Management's Margaret McNab, Emma Persand (SOM Diversity & Inclusion Task Force vice chair) and Prof Anne Harriss, (r) the awards.
