Occupational Health Support Services
Comprehensive employee health and safety support services
Management Referrals
New-Starter Health Screenings
Health Surveillance
Reasonable Adjustments Advice
How occupational health supports businesses
Occupational Health helps with a wide range of workplace-related health issues. It focuses on maintaining and promoting employee wellbeing by managing sickness absence, conducting health risk assessments, providing mental health support, and ensuring that employees are fit to perform their roles safely.
Additionally, services offer advice on workplace adjustments, vaccination programmes, and ongoing health surveillance for employees exposed to specific risks.
There are several types of occupational health services. Each are tailored to meet different workplace needs:
- Compliance services: Ensuring that a workplace complies with health and safety regulations, as well as providing vaccinations and monitoring employee health in high-risk environments.
- Preventive services: Including health risk assessments, ergonomic evaluations, and health surveillance to identify and mitigate potential workplace hazards.
- Supportive services: Covering mental health support, fitness for work assessments, and advice on returning to work after illness or injury.
- Reactive services: This involves responding to health incidents or concerns, such as managing sickness absence or addressing work-related stress.
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Subscription OH (Protect)
Medigold Protect offers a simple, subscription-based model that’s been crafted to deliver high quality occupational health services accessible to all, no matter the size of your business. Protect is the perfect solution for businesses looking to prioritise employee health while keeping costs manageable and services accessible.
Corporate OH Support
Occupational Health is about managing and promoting your team’s health and wellbeing at work. It’s not just about keeping people on the job—it’s about making sure they’re fit for their roles and have the support they need to tackle any health risks head-on. By looking after physical and mental health, occupational health helps create a workplace where everyone can be their best, day in and day out.
Key services of occupational health include:
Management referrals: offer expert advice and assessments for employees referred by management, addressing any health concerns that could be affecting their performance or attendance.
New-starter health screenings: check the health of new employees to ensure they’re fit for their roles from the start. This helps identify any potential adjustments needed to support their wellbeing, setting them up for success right from day one.
Health surveillance: keeps a close eye on the health of employees who are exposed to certain risks, like noise or hazardous substances. This isn’t just about ticking boxes—it’s about ensuring everyone stays safe and compliant with legal requirements.
Ad-Hoc OH (Pathway)
Medigold Pathway is an innovative service designed to provide your business with flexible, expert occupational health support without the need for long-term commitments. This service allows you to access expert services on a pay-as-you-go basis, as and when needed!
Choose exactly which Medigold services you need, including:
- Management referrals
- New starter placement screening
- Health surveillance & industry-specific medicals
- Workplace assessments
- Mental health & wellbeing support
- Day-one absence management
- Drug & alcohol testing
- Physiotherapy
- Ergonomic workstation assessments
Partnering with Medigold Health for Occupational Health
We provide specialist advice to help you understand potential underlying health reasons behind your employees’ sickness absence or performance issues, and the practical steps you can take to help them return to work, recovering full productivity as quickly and safely as possible.
Our team of highly qualified and experienced occupational health professionals are on hand to help you. Get in touch today to further enquire about our services.
Frequently Asked Questions:
What is an occupational health assessment?
An Occupational Health Assessment (also known as a sickness absence referral, management referral or occupational health referral) is a medical examination carried out by a qualified Occupational Health clinician to assess a person’s fitness for work, and their capability to fulfil duties and responsibilities of their role safely.
What can occupational health do?
Occupational Health providers give advice and guidance to employers to help them:
- Reduce the potential risks to the health and safety of their workforce.
- Effectively support employees who have a health condition or disability.
- Promote better physical and mental health among their staff.
Is occupational health part of the NHS?
Occupational health services are not typically provided as part of standard NHS care. However, the NHS does offer occupational health to its own employees. For businesses and organisations outside of the NHS, occupational health services are usually offered by private providers or specialist occupational health companies like Medigold. These services can be customised to meet the specific needs of the organisation.
What happens if occupational health finds an employee unfit for work?
If an OH assessment finds that an employee is unfit for work, recommended solutions will be provided to help create a plan of reasonable adjustments to assist in the gradual return of the employee. This can include a phased return to work, reduced hours, or other more physical adjustments made to the workplace.
Our specialist team can help!
Get in touch today by filling in the contact form below or give us a call on 0330 390 3370 to find out how we can support your business.
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