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Event takes a hard look at efforts to achieve workplace mental health and how they can transform the workplace. Are the places we work more attuned to mental health and responsive to mental illness in 2017? That was the focus of a Society of Occupational Medicine and British Psychological Society…

This free service is available to SOM members for all your occupational health and medicine legal queries. The service covers legal issues arising from your Occupational Health practice, so may cover employment law or legal queries such as consent, confidentiality, report writing etc. Advice is…

Dr Paul Williams (main picture) is the new President of the Society of Occupational Medicine. Paul graduated from Leeds Medical School in 1987 and worked as a junior hospital doctor in Bradford, Leeds, York and Northumberland before becoming a full time Leicester GP in 1992. He is a member of the…

Edited by SOM international group chair, Dr Will Ponsonby, this new issue highlights that globally, an estimated 2.3 million workers die every year from occupational accidents and work- related diseases; this equates to 6,300 deaths daily. In addition, over 300 million workers have non-fatal…

A new report published today by the Society of Occupational Medicine sets out the value proposition for occupational health services and the benefits of occupational health. Occupational health: the value proposition cites evidence that shows organisations most commonly rank occupational health…

Occupational Health 2017 Conference, hosted by SOM and FOM. June 26 th-28 th Leeds This new multi-disciplinary scientific conference for Occupational Health professionals will be held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds at the end of June. Changes have been made to previous conferences in response to…

Dear Members, Please find a presentation attached that was given by our Chief Executive Nick Pahl during the Health and Wellbeing At Work Conference in Birmingham, March 7th-8th 2017. The presentation discusses the current policy environment for OH; including subjects such as mental health and…

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine and Society of Occupational Medicine welcome the Government green paper on work and disability which aims to address barriers to access to the workplace. The Faculty of Occupational Medicine and Society of Occupational Medicine welcome plans announced by the…

The Society of Occupational Medicine has welcomed Lord David Blunkett as its Patron as it works to improve the health of the UK’s workforce. Given his previous roles as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Education and Employment Lord Blunkett is an obvious choice to…

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine and Society of Occupational Medicine have called for the government’s ‘Fit for Work’ initiative to allow employees to be referred earlier. The FOM and SOM welcome the Government’s focus on reducing sickness absence and increasing employment rates for those with…

Dr Olivia Carlton has been awarded an OBE for services to Transport for London and Occupational Medicine in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Dr Carton was the first female president of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and is one of the UK’s most senior Occupational Health physicians. She has…