About Occupational Health
Occupational Health (OH) is a branch of medicine concerned with the effects of work on health and health on work. It focuses on employee’s fitness, wellbeing, performance and safety issues in relation to work. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that the objective of OH is to “promote and maintain the physical, mental and social wellbeing of staffâ€.
It is also about protecting your business from litigation. We specialise in offering Occupational Health advice to small and medium sized companies in the Kent and Essex regions.
Employers are required by law to safeguard the health of their employees at work.
We provide advice on Health & Safety law to ensure you comply with relevant legislation.
All employees are potentially exposed to hazards to their health at work. We have experience and knowledge of health hazards that arise in a range of industries.
UK businesses lose more than £13.2 billion each year through employee sickness (source CBI).
With a national average of circa 3% or 8 days lost per employee, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 2006 Absence Management Survey, estimates that sickness absence costs £598 per employee per year. At just £75 a day this estimate probably excludes all the extra add on costs, such as Management time, loss of productivity, increased overtime or contractor levels, etc….
Dame Carol Black, (Non-executive Director of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement), in her paper ‘Working for a Healthier tomorrow’, has been very supportive of OH or ‘Fit for Work services’, recognising that workplace health interventions are ‘key’ to good business. Why not log on to:
http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/Resources/Downloads-and-tools/
and see for yourself how to access PricewaterhouseCooper’s Business Healthcheck Tool launched in 2008. Appears under the ‘Health and Wellbeing Self Check Tool’ section.
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