17 million people

Summary:

The number of employees without access to occupational health exactly matches the number of viewers of the BBC’s political crime drama ‘Bodyguard’. There is no conspiracy…

Did you see it coming? I’m talking of course about the final twist in the BBC’s drama series Bodyguard. But I don’t mean the identity of the ‘inside man’ in the police specialist operations unit, or indeed that an apparent victim turned out to have masterminded the terror plot. I refer to the penultimate scene when Sergeant David Budd knocks on door ‘M19 Occupational Health’ in the fictional New Scotland Yard, thereby exposing 17.1 million people to the profession – the highest audience for a television drama since current records began in 2002¹. Furthermore (spoiler alert), Budd’s health, career and even his wrecked marriage seemed to be getting back on track following his consultation with OH…

 

Dr John Ballard, editor Occupational Health [at Work]

Author: Ballard J

Tags carol black FOHN - Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing perceived functioning SOM - Society of Occupational Medicine

Occupational Health at Work December/January 2018/2019 (vol. 15/4) pp03

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