For a large part of our waking hours we are at work, which means the working environment can play a big part in our overall wellbeing.
In 2008/9 at UK,
Almost 30 million working days were lost due to workplace injury and ill-health. With the two biggest causes:There are many things that employees can do not only to reduce their risk of work-related ill-health but also to utilise their time at work to maintain their health.
OccuMed has a range of services that can help employers to enhance health in the workplace and encourage employees to take an active part in managing their own health.
Clearly not all stress is work-related, but knowing how to deal with excessive pressure at work is critical. So we can help teach your Managers or employees identify the symptoms of stress. And of course once identified, action can be taken to avoid it making employees ill.
Causes of it are poor posture, an awkward twisting movement (bending or reaching), or lifting too much or a combination thereof.
OccuMed can help with ergonomic/Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments or Manual Handling Training.
Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is more likely to occur if you spend long periods of work without a break, sit on an uncomfortable chair or work at a poorly arranged workstation. Equally an incorrect technique when using a computer keyboard and mouse, mobile phone or hand-held device can also lead to RSI.
It isn't simply modern technology that causes RSI but factory assembly-line workers, musicians, tailors and cleaners are other common sufferers.
If you work on a computer, it's important to take regular breaks (5minutes away from the keyboard every hour), know about and adopt the correct sitting posture, have the correct desk set-up and know how to use your chair..
OccuMed can help with ergonomic/Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments / Training.
It isn't always easy to fit physical activity into our busy working lives. Many of us spend very long hours at work and may have a long and tiring commute. And it is all too easy to slip into bad eating habits at work. So OccuMed can work with you to promote general health at work within a normal day, for example:
OccuMed can offer guidance and delivery all normal statutory type health surveillance and help with sickness absence management; in short we can provide a comprehensive workplace occupational health service. Please see other sections of our website for a flavour of how we can help you maintain your employees health at work.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and World Health Organisation (WHO) Committee on Occupational Health produced a definition of Occupational Health in 1950 which has stood the test of time and demonstrates the scope of the task:
'Occupational Health should aim at – the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of departures from health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health. To summarise, it concerns the adaption of work to people and of each person to their job.'
Occupational Health's principal role is the provision of health advice to organisations and individuals to ensure that the highest standards of Health and Safety at Work can be achieved and maintained.
As you can see from the rest of this website Occupational Health Services are wide and varied but all are aimed at ultimately aimed at ensure the employees' wellbeing is protected during the many hours they spend at work.
occupational health partnershipFor employers with larger numbers of employees on any one site and/or higher levels of sickness absence and/or annual statutory health surveillance requirements and/or are looking to promote a healthy working environment, OccuMed would recommend you consider establishing a regular scheduled on-site Occupational Health service. We believe this can be a core element to establishing an effective value adding Occupational Health Service. It is incredibly easy to engage and flex to match your changing priorities and can include any typical activities, namely:
In most cases, the on-site service would be delivered by an Occupational Health Nurse Advisor(s) supported centrally by OccuMed Clinic or by occasional visits from an Occupational Health Physician. Such a service could range from full-time cover to 1 day per week/month/quarter.
OccuMed would be happy to discuss your requirements and offer advice on how we could tailor an on-site service to suite you. Please contact us today
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