OH support in the NHS

NHS staff support in the wake of the 'Mid Staffs' inquiry findings

Summary:

Paul Nicholson calls for greater recognition and respect for the work of occupational health in the NHS.

AN anonymous occupational physician who worked for several NHS trusts wrote recently in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) that severe work pressures and poor management were not taken seriously enough by NHS trust managers¹. The author describes managers as considering occupational health (OH) reports of group data likely to cause them …    

Dr Paul J Nicholson is chair of the BMA Occupational Medicine Committee.

Author: Nicholson P

Tags doctors gp - general practitioner healthcare worker hse - health and safety executive NHS nhs oh services oh policies over-working stress

Occupational Health at Work June/July 2013 (vol. 10/1) pp13-14

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