Occupational health
Dr O'Connor and Dr Harris, provide flexible & bespoke on-site Occupational Health, Health Surveillance, Sickness Absence Management and Medicals Services to all types of organisations from SMEs to large single & multiple site operations, for both private and public bodies. We provide services to protect health at work, assess and advise on fitness for work and to ensure that health issues are effectively managed. Our aim is to find out what the impact of your work is on your health, and make sure you are fit for the work you do. We are tasked with preventing work-related diseases and carrying out assessments. Your employer can refer you to occupational health if you have a health problem – including mental-ill health – that is affecting your work or causing you to take time off sick, particularly if this is more than two or three weeks at once. Occupational health referrals are intended to see what adjustments may need to be made to support you at work Occupational health services will make an assessment of your fitness for work.
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Pre-employment assessments
To ensure that staff are fit for their job. To identify new staff with health problems who may require special support or modification of duties to undertake their job successfully. To identify staff who should be enrolled with the OH Service for vaccinations or periodic health monitoring to protect them in their work. All staff are screened initially by questionnaire. Staff involved in certain work activities or those disclosing health problems on the questionnaire which may affect their fitness have to attend a clinic appointment with our doctors for a more detailed evaluation to complete the assessment.
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Health Surveillance
For some work where it is not possible to absolutely protect against health risks, we can monitor the health of all staff involved. The aim is to detect signs of problems as early as possible so that we can help the person and check whether action is needed to protect others.
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Workplace Specific Vaccinations and Travel Advice
If you are travelling outside or within the UK in connection with work or study, you need to take precautions to prevent, or deal with health problems. We can help you plan for your trip and will provide all necessary vaccinations. We can also ensure your staff based locally have the required vaccinations for their jobs.
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