Final chance to book at the Early Bird rate for Occupational Health 2024. Book now and make a significant saving occupationalhealthconferences.com/registration/ SOMCEO Occupational Medicine Journal FOM #occupationalhealth #occupationalmedicine

SOM e-News is calling for support for people to stay in, & return to, work though investment in occupational health. This should be alongside support (e.g.work-focused coaching) to help people such as those with mental health conditions. See som.org.uk/suggested-chan… Professor Neil Greenberg

Reflecting on the last two days and updating husband on how great that we now have TRiM now to use in MatNeo to support our teams who have been involved in a traumatic event #PMA great course with great people💜Sam Todd Beth Harkness Bham Women's Hosp 💙 Gemma Price March on Stress

The world’s psychiatrists have updated their Workforce mental health position-Why is this important? Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity affects workers, families, and productivity Read more in #occupationalmedicine
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We regularly offer students Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience a chance to blog about our work. This year's winning blog comes from Yu Li and discusses our systematic review of how sex workers coped during the pandemic:

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Great SOM e-News visit to the Houses of Parliament this afternoon ..lovely to see so many occupationL health nurses and AHPs there.

At the afternoon we launched a short video on the new OH mentoring scheme - see youtu.be/r6IDi4rP42E

All #mentalhealth professionals should consider returning to, & staying at work, as key treatment outcomes. Also, occupational health professionals have a key role in enabling people to work which [in most cases] is good for their mental health. rb.gy/yydq9t SOMCEO

‘Working from home – is it a good or bad thing?’ read more in this piece co-authored by Professor Neil Greenberg bit.ly/4b1O7Bz

Last weekend I attended TRiM training by March on Stress for use within St John Ambulance England l'm looking forward to supporting our volunteers when they need it the most.
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Pleased to share new editorial written by myself, Dr Danielle Lamb and Dr Sharon Stevelink bit.ly/4aW6RSU

What a sensible move. Ensuring the provision of timely, evidence based assessment & care provision for all NHS workers is morally right & helps ensure that there are sufficient functional & motivated staff to deliver high quality patient care. SOMCEO Derek Tracy RCPsych Occupational Psychiatry SIG

New piece by Charlotte Hall and Professor Neil Greenberg on the pros and cons of working from home:

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New opinion piece from myself and Professor Neil Greenberg on pros/cons of working from home and recommendations for future practice, now available online with BritishSafetyCouncil: britsafe.org/safety-managem…

EPR HPRU #PhD #WorkFromHome

This service is needed for primary & secondary provider service staff. We need to support the wellbeing of our staff in order to deliver patient care.

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Equally worrying that the distressing news is that there is no clear alternative route by which all healthcare staff can access timely, evidence-based care for #mentalhealth difficulties. Stopping a successful programme with no credible, defined, alternative is nonsensical.

This looks like a fantastic opportunity for an introduction to Occ Health physio and MSK issues in the workplace. This event is FREE to attend and is next Monday from 4pm-5pm. Find out more and view all SOM e-News events here som.org.uk/events

We are excited to announce that we now have 12 TRiM Champions, following training that took place last week and in February in partnership with @MarchOnStress, send us an email to find out more: [email protected]

Delighted to have our paper on the need to co-produce & improve mental health services with & for individuals from Gypsy, Roma, & Traveller communities accepted BJPsych Journals International. Huge thanks from me to co-authors Amy Ward & Radha for your input & friendship🙏

2 great days Northampton General Hospital 💙 Kettering General for March on Stress delivering TRiM 👏 15 amazing, excellent caring people 👏 who want to support their colleagues. Peer delivered support for those exposed to trauma. #NHS #TRiM #leadership #healthcare #mentalhealth #Trauma