OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Occupational medicine in the National Health Service.

For many doctors working within the National Health Service (NHS), occupational medicine remains a specialty on the fringe of their awareness. Undergraduate exposure to the subject is limited in most medical schools and at postgraduate level health and safety training in relation to medical work is given little emphasis. The fact that the majority of those who work in occupational medicine are ...

A coordinated occupational health service in the NHS.

Doctor and dentist contacts with an NHS occupational health service.

BACKGROUND There is increasing acceptance that management of ill-health in doctors can be patchy and is not always optimal. Health can impact on performance and fitness to practice, placing an important responsibility on occupational health (OH) services. AIMS To improve our understanding of OH contacts by doctors and dentists and make some comparison of this with available sickness absence r...

Study on a model for future occupational health: proposal for an occupational health service model in Japan.

The Study Model for Future Occupational Health (funded by a research grant from the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor) is a joint research project involving various organizations and agencies undertaken from 2002 to 2004. Society has undergone a dramatic transformation due to technological developments and internationalization. At the same time a low birth rate and an aging population have ...

From factory inspection to adult health service; a review of governmental administration of occupational health.

In western Europe, the view seems to be widely held that the protection of the health of workers, by definition and by practical necessity, must be a legal responsibility of ministries or departments of labour. There are good historical reasons for this viewpoint, and considerable practical experience to back it up. In today's world, however, where newly industrializing countries are looking to...