Occupational Health Southampton offers a service providing new-employment questionnaires and medicals, absence management, long-term sickness reviews, return to work medicals, industry specific medicals and a full range of specialist occupational health services.
We are degree qualified Occupational Health advisers covering Soutampton being situated on the edge of the New Forest.
It is likely that your employees are your most costly and therefore your most valuable asset. It is their health and welfare which keeps the wheels of any business running smoothly.
A good occupational service helps to keep these wheels turning and can help:
- Reduce absence
- Maintain and increase output
- Reduce the cost of recruitment and training
- Show that you are a caring employee.
- Helps to motivate the employees and spread goodwill
- Meet the requirements of current employment legislation
- Help increase your profit which means that it can be a ‘no-cost service’.
All our services are available on contract or on an a pay-as-you-go basis.
Occupational Health advisers look after your company and its employees. Even if you have just one case that is causing you concern, then we are here to help.
From our experience, we know how important the occupational health is for companies. According to the NHS research, 39% of companies providing occupational health noted decline in short-term absence and also noted a 28% reduction in long-term absence. We listen carefully to our clients to provide them tailored services including:
- Wellbeing In The Workplace
- Sickness Absence Management
- Pre-employment Medicals
- Annual Executive Medicals
- Stress Management
- Capability Assessments
- Night Worker Assessments
- Industrial Audiometry
- Confined Space Medicals
- Construction Worker Medicals
- Working At Height Medicals
- New And Expectant Mothers Assessments
- Hearing Tests
- Eyesight Tests
- Spirometry
- Lung Tests
- Health Surveillance
Occupational Health Southampton
As an employer, you are required by law to prevent physical and mental ill health in your workers that may occur as a result of your business activities. Your risk assessment will help you decide what actions you need to take to do this.
An important part of occupational health is concerned with how work and the work environment can impact on workers’ health, both physical and mental. It also includes how workers’ health can affect their ability to do their job. Put simply this means the effect of work on health and that of health on work.
In health and safety law, there are things you must do to make sure workers’ health is not adversely affected by their work and that workers are medically fit to carry out their work safely. This includes:
- implementing health or medical surveillance when necessary
- ensuring workers are medically fit to undertake the role required (your industry may produce such standards)
- reviewing your risk assessment when a worker is returning to work following sickness absence or declares a health condition
There are other things that you should do where workers have health conditions or disabilities, either work-related or not. This includes complying with equality legislation when supporting workers both in and returning to work.
There are things that you could do which are aimed at improving the general health and well-being of workers. However, these actions should not be prioritised over the things you must do, should be based on your workers’ needs and be evidence based.
HSE NEWS
This April, Britain’s bosses are being invited to follow five simple steps to prevent and reduce stress in their workplace.
The Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Working Minds campaign has called on employers to support workers mental health during Stress Awareness Month.
Liz Goodwill, head of the work-related stress and mental health policy team at HSE, said: “We are inviting business owners, employers and managers to join others across Britain to make a difference during Stress Awareness Month in five steps.”
Over the course of the month, employers are encouraged to focus on one of the campaign’s 5 Rs for each of the five weeks. They are: to Reach out and have conversations, Recognise the signs and causes of stress, Respond to any risks you’ve identified, Reflect on actions you’ve agreed and taken, and make it Routine.
Preventing work-related stress isn’t just the right thing to do by workers, it’s the law. All employers are required to prevent work related stress to support good mental health in the workplace.
The Working Minds campaign brings together a range of tools and support to help businesses and workers including free online learning, Talking Toolkits, risk assessment templates and examples.
Liz added: “Failing to manage work-related stress can cost employers in reduced productivity, sickness absence costs, or even losing a valued member of the team. Employers are required to assess the risk of work-related stress impacting their workers, and act on the risks identified.
“As well as guiding you step by step, we provide all the practical templates, tools and resources you need to get started or, you can use it as an opportunity to review what you already do. A huge part of this is making it part of your everyday working life, not just a one-off tick box that gets forgotten about.”
The CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, and The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) are the latest organisations to join as campaign partners, taking the total supporters to more than 30.
Rachel Suff, senior policy advisor, employee relations at the CIPD, says: “Many organisations are reactive and tend to put more emphasis on providing support when people become ill rather than on prevention, including for mental ill health and stress. We need both! We want to see every organisation taking a proactive approach to employee wellbeing. We’re supporting the Working Minds campaign to help employers to create the working conditions and environment that prevents stress and supports good mental health. That also means designing jobs with realistic workloads and targets, and encouraging people to have a healthy work-life balance.”
There are six main areas that can lead to work-related stress if they are not managed properly. These are: demands, control, support, relationships, role and change. Factors like skills and experience, age, or disability may all affect someone’s ability to cope.
Matt Powell-Howard, Head of Product Development at NEBOSH, said: “I’m really pleased that NEBOSH is supporting the Working Minds campaign as we are committed to promoting good mental health and preventing work-related stress. We were delighted to have also collaborated with HSE on the development of the NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work qualification, which is designed to help business meet their legal obligations in this area.”
If you are an employer looking for support, a good place to start is to register for free bitesize learning. https://workright.campaign.gov.uk/working-minds-learning/
Occupational Health Southampton
Southampton (/saʊθˈ(h)æmptən/ (
listen)) is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately 70 mi (110 km) south-west of London and 15 mi (24 km) west of Portsmouth.[6][7] The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Portsmouth and the towns of Havant, Waterlooville, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport.
A major port,[8] and close to the New Forest, it lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen,[9] with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City.