Occupational Health

Occupational Health is the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations by preventing departures from health, controlling risks and the adaptation of work to people, and people to their jobs (ILO/WHO 1950).

Alexander Safety (Training & Consultancy) Ltd can provide advisory occupational health services that ensure, you as the employer can fulfil your role in maintaining a safe and healthy working environment which will facilitate optimal physical and mental health in relation to work and in the adaptation of work to suit the capabilities of workers taking into account the state of their physical and mental health. This may include the following -

* Identification and assessment of the risks from health hazards in the workplace. This involves surveillance of the factors in the working environment and working practices which may affect workers' health. It also requires a systematic approach to the analysis of occupational "accidents", and occupational diseases.

* Advising on planning and organisation of work and working practices, including the design of work-places, and on the evaluation, choice and maintenance of equipment and on substances used at work. In so doing, the adaptation of work to the worker is promoted.

* Management Referral is an independent medical assessment delivered by an occupational health professional. We provide human resources and line managers with a diagnosis and prognosis of an employee’s medical and emotional wellbeing so that you are equipped to make a business decision. The reporting can be a range of reasons such as:
a) Long-term absence:
b) Returning to work after agreed long-term absence [e.g. an operation]:
c) Repeatedly absent for short periods:
d) Performance concerns at work and an underlying medical condition may be suspected:
e) Recovering from an injury or an accident or
f) Suspected of unacceptable substance use.

Your employees are your biggest asset, and it is to everyone’s benefit that their good health is maintained. Alexander Safety (Training & Consultancy) Ltd can arrange a range of Occupational Health Services, including health screening, management of work-related ill-health, stress auditing and ill-health absence assessments. All contact and information will be treated strictly confidentially.