Coronavirus statements

In the Government's guidance on Summer 2021 plans it is stated that: 'Working Safely' guidance will be updated to provide examples of sensible precautions that employers ...

At least two million people in the UK have experienced ongoing debilitating symptoms following COVID-19 infection, known as 'Long COVID'[1]. However, only half the UK workforce...

Statement - Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) and BACP call for NHS staff to be supported to avoid risk taking Research states that health care workers, relativ ...

Society of Occupational Medicine recommends that PHE and HSE review their risk assessment for health and social care workers to ensure controls are adequate. ...

The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) -welcomes the key role that Occupational Health (OH) professionals have played and continue to play in supporting the delivery of COVID-19 vaccine. This activity is in addition to their existing activities ...

SOM Council welcomed this new guidance and noted that “It continues to balance the need to protect the health, safety and welfare of workers and current constraints presented by...

In the light of COVID-19, all occupational health (OH) services will need to update previous risk assessments and put in place suitable and sufficient measures to protect both OH staff and service users. This SOM and FOM guidance...

Experts have said that given the lack of evidence available on the COVID-19 virus a precautionary approach should be followed, with the adoption of good occupational hygiene principles to protect workers...

The safety of thousands of British workers has been put at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic because they have been denied standard health and safety protection, says one of the UK’s leading...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) is today renewing its call for the UK government to prevent any further work-related deaths...

The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has called on the UK government to now set a goal of Zero Work Caused Fatalities in this pandemic within the NHS, essential services and UK business...

Hospitals are under significant pressure as the number of COVID-19 cases rise, essential resources such as critical care beds and ventilators could leave staff feeling unable to provide adequate care...

One vital aspect to control the spread of COVID-19 and support the response is testing. The Government has a target of 25,000 tests to be available through a swab - useful for patients and NHS staff...

We have been approached by a number of OH doctors and nurses in the last few days, eager to volunteer their support and expertise to help the NHS occupational health community during the coronavirus pandemic...

A significant proportion of worldwide cases of coronavirus have been related to occupational exposure. All health personnel should be alert to the risk of COVID-19 in a wide variety of occupations, not only...

On the 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Less than two weeks later a novel coronavirus...