OH ethics for pandemics

Summary:

With a potential resurgence of COVID-19 this winter, and a tangible threat of future pandemics, the Faculty of Occupational Medicine should develop specific guidelines on ethical OH practice during a pandemic for inclusion in its publication Ethics guidance for occupational health practice.

The UK faces a potential resurgence of COVID-19 this coming winter, with even worse outcomes than experienced in the pandemic so far. This is the conclusion of a report by the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS)¹. While action taken across society may help to mitigate that possibility, the country needs to prepare urgently for a worst-case scenario. The OH professions must be ready.

Our recent survey asked what lessons should be learnt from OH practitioners’ experiences of working during the pandemic² (pages 15–21). Lessons include having a business-continuity plan, effective remote working and enhancing the role of OH…

John Ballard, editor

Author: Ballard J

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Occupational Health at Work August/September 2020 (vol. 17/2) pp03

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