Professor Richard Heron MB ChB FFOM FRCP (London, Edin. Ireland). FACOEM (American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine) SFFFMLM (Senior Founding Fellow Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management) Global Workplace Health and Wellbeing Expert Richard’s areas of interest include Business Health and Risk Management Strategy, Culture of Health, measuring wellbeing and business outcomes, Employee Health...
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Louise Hancock
Dr Louise Hancock is a Consultant Occupational Health Physician and Acting Medical Director at Medigold Health. She was previously Lead Medical Review Officer and, in 2020, was appointed Chief Medical Officer for two publicly listed companies. Her current practice encompasses pensions, MRO work, aviation medicine, and complex case management. She serves as Honorary Secretary of...
Dr Alasdair Emslie
Dr Alasdair Emslie, Chief Medical Officer, Health Partners Group Alasdair has worked in leadership roles in occupational medicine for many years and has worked with some of the top UK organisations in both the private and public sector. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, and of the Royal College of Physicians...
Jo Daniels
Dr Jo Daniels is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath and UKRI Policy Follow at the Department for Health and Social Care, leading on Area of Research Interest three, Public Health, Health and Social Care Workforce. Dr Daniels was awarded the Society for Occupational Medicine award for outstanding contribution to research in 2023...
Roger Cooke
Roger is an Occupational Medicine consultant who qualified in medicine in 1975, and undertook specialist occupational health training with the National Coal Board and British Telecom before becoming Chief Medical Officer for GKN. He has worked as a consultant in the NHS, and as honorary senior lecturer at Birmingham University Institute of Occupational and Environmental...
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P38 REVIEW OF CONFIDENCE OF ADVISING “MAY BE FIT FOR WORK” FOR CLINICIANS IN PRIMARY CARE I.A. Aina, North East London ICB, UK Please note that this QIP has not yet been completed but enough PDSA cycles to produce a poster will have been completed by May 2024 Background In 2010 GP sick notes were...
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P37 ANALYSIS OF PAST KOSHA ALERTS: IDENTIFYING CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH TOPICS IN KOREA (2013-2023) W. Kwak, Seegene Medical Foundation, Seoul, South Korea Background: KOSHA alerts, disseminated by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA), serve the purpose of informing employers, employees, and the general public about potential hazards, safety issues, and preventive...
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P36 CASE STUDY: DOC, HELP ME, MY THUMB HURTS! J. W. Lim, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Background: A 31-year-old Orthopaedic Diagnostic Technician (ODT) from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, right hand dominant, was referred from the Staff Clinic to the Occupational Medicine Clinic for right thumb pain aggravated by work for two weeks. He was...
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P35 EVALUATION OF A PILOT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT DAY FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS A.Popat1, V. Mason2, J. Crabbe3, H. Sereg4, N. Chirenda5, C. Fernandes6, I Stilz7, R. Caddis8, N. Sethna5, A. Calouri5, N. Pahl5 1London North West University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK 2Transport for London, UK 3Ministry of Defence, Grantham, UK 4Nottingham University Hospital, UK 5Society...
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P33 LEADING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH INTO THE FUTURE: OPENING DOORS TO A VARIETY OF PRACTITIONERS K. McDowall, Newcastle OHS, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Leading Occupational Health into the future by opening doors to a variety of practitioners is essential to achieve sustainable Occupational Health Service (OHS) provision to workforces. This model...