Clinical governance
Five ways occupational health needs to scale up post pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has left occupational health practitioners struggling to cope with massive return-to-work, mental health, risk management and infection...
OH’s role in Covid vaccine delivery highlighted by SOM and Tony Blair
Further investment is required to support occupational health and the key role it can play in the delivery of the...
Occupational health best practice: reflecting on case management
Often within occupational health it will be your expertise as a practitioner and leader that decides on a course of...
Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: December 2020
Fatigue and workplace exercise programmes
Work-related fatigue is related to a range of negative consequences, including poor productivity. This study...
CPD: How to build and embed resilience within your workplace
In the final article of her three-part series, Catherine D’Arcy-Jones examines some tools and resources OH practitioners can use to...
Occupational health education facing a challenging future post pandemic
There were serious concerns about the future of occupational health training even before the pandemic threw our education system up...
‘Sustainable workplace health strategies’ needed to tackle long-term health risks
The UK should put in place ‘Sustainable Workplace Health Strategies’ for each of its nations, the British Occupational Hygiene Society...
Covid deaths prompt new guidance on release of OH records
The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) has published clarifying guidance for occupational health practitioners on a range of ethical considerations...
Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: November 2020
Work-related allergic symptoms in bakers
Bakers using multigrain flour are at a high risk of experiencing nasal and asthma-like symptoms,...
Governments told to prioritise tackling rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions
Governments across Europe are being urged to create a comprehensive strategy to tackle rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions, which currently affect...
Guidance on providing support following a suicide in primary care
SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has collaborated with the Louise Tebboth Foundation to launch a report on providing care...
Mouth lesions and skin rashes could be another sign of Covid-19
Oral lesions and skin rashes could be another potential symptom of Covid-19 for clinicians and healthcare professionals to look out...
‘I will be representing all specialisms – and I want to be optimistic about the future of OH’
Occupational Health & Wellbeing’s Professor Anne Harriss is the first non-physician to assume the presidency of SOM, the Society of...
Include asbestos risk awareness in NHS staff training, study recommends
Awareness of asbestos risk and the possibility of a mesothelioma diagnosis should be added to the mandatory training for new...
Health staff urged to get flu vaccine to minimise sickness absence this winter
Senior clinicians and health leaders have urged frontline health and social care staff to get their annual flu jab as...
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