Guest blog by Dr Bernadette Paver Last week the news broke that there is a very real possibility of an effective vaccine for Coronavirus becoming available early next year. Stock markets jumped and although Donald Trump continued his insistence that the US election was rigged in his opponent’s favor…
Guest blog by Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, King's College London There’s no doubt at all that since 1796, when Jenner first introduced a vaccine against smallpox, vaccination has saved countless lives. For me, it’s now almost impossible to imagine not protecting our children…
Guest blog by Dr Clare Fernandes, Chief Medical Officer, BBC Occupational health plays a vital role in supporting employers to plan and implement an effective framework of health and wellbeing. COVID-19 has showcased the true value of occupational health, the value of which will last well beyond the…
Guest blog by Dr Rebecca Torry and Dr Alex Freeman, The Louise Tebboth Foundation When a member of a primary care team dies suddenly, there are considerable repercussions. About thirty people will work directly with the person who has died. Primary care teams are often part of a larger group with…
Guest blog by Colette Owen, Clinical Director, Bespoke Wellbeing Since lockdown, there has been a dramatic increase in working from home in some way or another. Pre-Coronavirus approximately 5% of the working population worked from home ( ONS, 2020); interim results from the Institute of Employment…
Guest blog by Dr Sunita Babu, Dr Ed Clapham, Dr Jason Sharif and Dr Tok Hussain, Healthwork Occupational health company, Healthwork, with the ECB created and managed the concept of ‘bio-safe bubbles’ at Emirates Old Trafford (Manchester), the Ageas Bowl (Southampton), Derbyshire County Cricket Club…
Guest blog by Karina Nielsen, Professor of Work Psychology and Director of the Institute for Work Psychology at the University of Sheffield COVID-19, restructuring, and employee wellbeing and mental health Many organisations are being forced to make difficult decisions around workforce planning as a…
Guest blog by Deborah Garlick, Henpicked: Menopause in the Workplace We’ve seen a continued focus on conversations around menopause in the workplace. In some cases, these have taken a different course after lockdown. Menopause isn’t going to go away simply because of COVID-19. It remains a priority…
Guest blog by Dr Jon Spiro Occupational health (OH) services have been much involved in the response to the pandemic, concentrating their efforts in addressing the risks to workers and the mitigation of these. Advice and guidance to individual employees and organisations have played a crucial role…
The Covid-age risk assessment can calculate the risk of an individual developing serious or fatal COVID-19 and can be used to determine if an employee is safe to be at work. Four of the UK’s leading experts in occupational health medicine explain how the tool was developed, in an editorial published…
Guest blog by Tracie Mckelvie, RGN and Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health Ensuring mental wellbeing can be particularly challenging within the Nursing profession. Nurses are known to promote health and wellbeing to others; they generally aim to “nurse” people back to health, but there is…
SOM advises the tool should only be used with clinical judgement and only the current table at https://alama.org.uk/covid-19-medical-risk-assessment/ should be used. Guest blog by Joanna Stacey-Leeks, Clinical Director, Polridge Health Ltd As government lockdown rules are relaxed to allow workers to…