Survey: Professional practice survey 2015, Part 1

Part 1: the state of the OH professions

Summary:

We unpick the results of our 2015 OH professional practice survey and report on practitioners’ employment models, their reporting structure, priorities and concerns for the next 12 months. It also considers how the OH disciplines can best work together to strengthen the specialty to meet future challenges.   

MENTAL health, stress and long-term sickness absence are the main areas for occupational health (OH) professionals in terms of their professional practice priorities for the next 12 months, our survey of OH professional practice in the UK has found – while wellbeing initiatives are now…

John Ballard is editor of Occupational Health [at Work].

Rebecca Ghani is the news and features writer.

Author: Ballard J and Ghani R

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Occupational Health at Work February/March 2015 (vol. 11/5) pp17-26

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