Occupational Health Awareness Week 18th-24th September 2023

Occupational Health Awereness Week 18th - 24th September 2023 -

The aim of Occupational Health Awareness Week 2023 (from 18-24^th September) is to provide information to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) about the role and value of occupational health.

We also aim to promote occupational health as a career – for information about our 2023 Careers Fair taking place on Wednesday 27^th September online and in person in London, contact Natasha.Sethna@som.org.uk

Look out for a short video that SOM is producing on introducing OH for SMEs and a guide for SMEs. There will also be targeted advertising on social media. A report on Occupational Health and Wellbeing will be launched on 18^th September with an OH Leadership event the following day – register here.

Occupational health (OH) maintains the wellbeing of employees, preventing and removing ill-health and developing solutions to keep staff with health issues at work. OH professionals provide independent advice on staff unable to work due to long-term or short-term intermittent health problems, and organisational wide steps to reduce sickness absence. 

Our report Occupational health: the value proposition cites evidence that shows organisations most commonly rank OH involvement as the most effective method for managing the problem of employee long-term absence from work. The document also reports that a healthy workplace culture and the adoption of a systematic approach to OH can contribute to the success of an organisation. Read more about the value of OH and download our report here. We have also produced a report on the global value of OH (find out more here and download the report here).

Source: SOM