The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) is urging members to volunteer as faculty ‘ambassadors’ at medical schools to encourage more...
OH education and training
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Why do employers often allow HR professionals to make clinical judgments? Ian Houston explores why this responsibility needs to sit with occupational health.
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Is it time for OH practitioners to be brave and stop worrying about the NMC, or even thinking of themselves as nurses?
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New-look training could be on the cards for OH, as NMC outlines review of SCPHN standards
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has indicated it intends to carry out a review of post-registration training for occupational...
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Occupational health professionals were set to meet officials from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) last month to open potentially...
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PHE blueprint for occupational health nurse education sets standards for future OH training
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonPublic Health England (PHE) has set out a new blueprint for occupational health nurse education, designed to respond to the...
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Migration by OH nurses to the new third part of the NMC register has now begun. We talk to OH nurse educators about the implications of the changes on occupational health nurse training and education, and ask whether a degree qualification will be essential. By Eliza O'Driscoll