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Occupational Health UK

 

 

“From April 2010 the ‘sick’ note becomes the ‘fit’ note”


From the 6th of April the employee’s General Practitioner can recommend employers consider the following issues when returning an employee to the workplace

Workplace Wellbeing OH advisers will attend your workplace to provide practical advice and information on how these recommendations can be implemented.

 

 

 

“The most important asset within any business is the workforce”

 

A recent independent review of sickness absence in the UK suggests that 140 Million working days are lost to sickness absence each year with musculoskeletal issues and mental health conditions (including stress) remaining the most common causes of ill-health.

(Dame Carol Black & David Frost, 2011)

 

While not all illness can be prevented, a robust occupational health service can often help to reduce illness caused at work. Occupational health support can also improve the recovery time for those affected by work related illness with the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) advising “ that in the event of sickness absence the sooner action is taken, the better the chances are of an employee making a full and speedy return to work”.
(HSE, 2012)

 


Workplace Wellbeing is able to offer a practical occupational health service specifically tailored to the needs of each individual organisation.

 

 

Clinical services include:

Any individual employing more than five people must, by law, have a health and safety policy statement which must be brought to the attention of all employees.  They must also record the results of all risk assessments.

 

Workplace Wellbeing is able to offer a comprehensive policy advisory service with the ability to give information, advice and, where required, administrative support for any occupational health or welfare policies requested