Occupational Health Physician

Occupational Health Physician

The consultants that work with A.B. Health Ltd are Accredited Specialist Occupational Health Physicians. All of which have over 5 years of occupational health experience and are qualified members of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine. Occupational medicine comprises of the diagnosis, management and prevention of disease due to, or exacerbated by, workplace factors. It is concerned with all aspects of the effects of work on health and health on work.

Our consultants are experienced in many economic sectors including the public sector (NHS, civil service, local government, fire and rescue and police services), motor manufacturing, transport, retail, sales, engineering and defence amongst others. They are used to dealing with senior management facilitating forward movement in relation to both complex and routine cases and as a result have gained an understanding of the business needs of organisations alongside the promotion and maintenance of employee’s health and well-being.

Occupational Health Physician services we can provide are:-

• Advice regarding ill health either related or unrelated to work
• Complex sickness absence cases
• Review of Health surveillance ill health cases
• Litigation, both civil (alleged negligence, work-related damage or failure to comply with disability discrimination requirements)

Health surveillance can sometimes be used to help identify where more needs to be done to control risks and where early signs of work-related ill health are detected, employers should take action to prevent further harm and protect employees.

The objectives for health surveillance are:

• Protecting the health of employees by early detection of adverse changes or disease;
• Collecting data for detecting or evaluating health hazards;
• Evaluating control measures;

Qualifications

• Our highly qualified consultants have the following qualifications:
• DOccMed (UK) Faculty of Occupational Medicine
• MSc in Occupational Medicine
• Membership of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine – MFOM (UK)
• Registered with General Medical Council