The Society of Occupational Medicine has welcomed its first nurse president, Professor Anne Harriss, this week.
Harriss is the first...
OH service delivery
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Jean Raper: former chair, RCN Society of Occupational Health Nursing group
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonJean Raper, former chair of the Royal College of Nursing’s Society of Occupational Health Nursing group, course leader at Sheffield...
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SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has called on the government and others to “act swiftly” to ensure occupational health...
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SOM adds to coronavirus return-to-work guidance with mental health toolkit
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonSOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has published a toolkit to help organisations and staff in managing work-relevant mental health...
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We’ve seen an explosion in home working during the Covid-19 lockdown. But, in the scramble to stay operational, employers have...
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CPD: Name of the game – is it time for occupational health to change its name?
by Anne Harrissby Anne HarrissIf occupational health practitioners are to shape the future, they need to understand both the profession’s past and its continuing...
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How effective is random drug and alcohol testing, especially outside the safety-critical environment? And with cannabis oils now complicating the...
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Covid-19 to have lasting impact on workplace health
The potential adverse impact of the current pandemic on workers’ health extends... -
Confusion over medical assessments leaving Northern Ireland HGV drivers ‘unable to work’
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAn anomaly over medical assessments has caused some HGV drivers in Northern Ireland to lose work during the coronavirus crisis,...
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The Constructing Better Health (CBH) occupational health scheme for the construction sector is being shut down, with the impact of...
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Staff shortages pose ‘large threat’ to future of occupational health provision, report warns
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe continuing shortage of qualified occupational health physicians and nurses poses “a potential large threat to the future of OH...
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Researchers are looking into whether access to an occupational health service via their GP surgery will reduce the number of...
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for more mental health and wellbeing support for those in the profession –...
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Organisations bringing staff back into the workplace may have unwittingly purchased ineffective personal protective equipment (PPE) that may not offer...
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With the focus within occupational health beginning to shift from the immediate healthcare challenges of managing Covid-19 to how workplaces...