FIRST UK STANDARDS FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES LAUNCHED

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News Release:

For the first time in the UK, there are now standards of performance for occupational health services.

These standards, which have been developed by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine in partnership with a multidisciplinary, multi-agency stakeholder group, and are being launched by Dame Carol Black, National Director for Health and Work, on 13th January 2010.

The Faculty will then, in conjunction with the stakeholder partners, be encouraging all occupational health services – in both the NHS and the private sector – to familiarise themselves with the standards, and to work towards complying with them during 2010.

Over the next twelve months, the Faculty will be developing an accreditation system to underpin the standards. The plan is for accreditation to be piloted later in 2010 and operational in early 2011.

‘This is an important development for occupational health,’ said Faculty President, Professor David Coggon. ‘We have worked hard to make sure the standards are practical and proportionate and we believe that they have the potential to improve occupational health services significantly in the UK.’


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