Occupational health: the next decade 

What the experts say 

Summary:

A panel of experts assembled for this special 100th edition of Occupational Health [at Work] discuss the outlook for occupational health over the next 10 years.. 

Issue one of Occupational Health [at Work] was published in June/July 2004. In the sixteen years since we’ve seen huge changes in occupational health (OH); not least the coming into force of the Equality Act 2010, Professor Dame Carol Black’s 2008 review of the health of Britain’s working-age population¹, Dr Steve Boorman’s 2009 report on the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce², the coming (and going) of the Fit for Work service, the fit note, the aborted merger of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM), a new Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing (FOHN), the establishment of a national OH service accreditation scheme – the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) – revalidation of doctors and nurses, legislation to prevent sharps and needlestick injuries, five UK governments, including one coalition, and Brexit….

 

expert panel: – Black C, Boorman S, Suff R, Hulshof C, Verbeek J, Kloss D, Chavda S, Cone L, Winters S, De Bono A, Bevan S, Coomer K, McGovern P

Author: Ballard J

Tags cipd COVID-19 FOHN - Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing fom - faculty of occupational medicine health and safety oh nursing oh physicians oh policies SOM - Society of Occupational Medicine

Occupational Health at Work December/January 2020/2021 (vol. 17/4) pp11-17

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