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As part of SOM’s education and training offer to its members, SOM hosts webinars through the year on topics of interest with subject experts to occupational health professionals. SOM webinars are web based, using the internet to connect individuals hosting the webinar to an audience of viewers and…
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Occupational Health 2019 - SOM/FOM Conference 17th-19th June, Bristol Registration is now open for the upcoming Occupational Health 2019 conference. The multi-disciplinary OH conference of the year is run jointly by SOM/FOM, held at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. The conference boasts a line-up of…
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This document will be launched tomorrow at a roundtable to discuss how to best support small and medium enterprises with their workplace health. Occupational health and HR professionals are a valuable first port of call for SMEs wanting to build healthy workplaces, e.g. to manage their sickness…
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The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM), the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and NHS Health at Work Network welcome this month’s publication of the NHS Long Term Plan. It provides explicit recognition that the performance of any healthcare system depends upon its staff, the conditions…
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Your membership is open for renewal from now until the end of March 2019. If you pay by direct debit, renewal will occur automatically and a payment will be made on or around 1 February. If not, you can renew by credit/debit card now by logging in to your Members’ Area on our website, and going to…
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The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has partnered up with Lloyd & Whyte to help occupational health (OH) professionals make sense of their finances for now and the future. The Society of Occupational Medicine welcomes the invaluable financial knowledge of Lloyd & Whyte as an additional…
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The Society of Occupational Medicine was last night recognised for outstanding dedication to the health and wellbeing of its staff in a special ceremony at City Hall, achieving a Commitment Award. Alongside a number of other organisations, the SOM was awarded the London Healthy Workplace Charter…
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Employees are wrongly assuming that keeping active during leisure time will protect them from the danger of sitting for long periods when working in an office, a new study has found. An active coach potato is a person who is physically active in their leisure time, but who also spends long periods…
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Save the date for the Society of Occupational Medicine / Faculty of Occupational Medicine conference 'Occupational Health 2019', 17th - 19th June in Bristol. For more information please visit the Occupational Health 2019 website. We look forward to seeing you there!
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We welcome the announcement made today by NHS chief Simon Stevens that there will be national funding for a new mental health support scheme which will cover all doctors working in the NHS. The scheme will cover approximately 110,000 more doctors, in addition to those already supported. A new report…
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Receive discounted medical indemnity Join MDDUS to take advantage of a 5% discount on your membership. Visit the MDDUS website for more information. MDDUS is pleased to partner with SOM to provide cost effective indemnity membership benefits for doctors working in occupational medicine. MDDUS has…
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The MSK Knowledge Hub’s aim is to provide a searchable resource library for people working on support for people with musculoskeletal conditions. The Hub is open to all and resources include guidelines, reports, pathways and webinars, bringing together national and local musculoskeletal experience…