Health of health and social care workers
I work in NHS general practice and did the first four years of my training in a mixture of NHS hospital and community posts. Now I spend one day a week working as an occupational health physician, helping NHS workers manage the interface between their work and their health. The list below links out to some resources I have been working on in this space.
What needs to be done to address staffing issues in health and social care?
Three minute read trying to move the dialogue forward in addressing the health and social care workforce strategy
Why workforce health should have a place in UK care reform
Short article highlighting the gap in workplace health support for the social care workforce
Supporting healthcare workers with work related stress
BMJ practice pointer covering what we can all do to support our colleagues
General practice cannot be piecework
Blog for BJGP around the current challenging working conditions
Vaccinating healthcare workers against covid-19
Short read in the BMJ on the occupational health standpoint on this issue
We should protect NHS staff against mental illness just as we protect them against covid-19
Two minute read highlighting the burden of mental illness causing sickness absence in the NHS workforce
Hepatitis B vaccination booster for healthcare workers
Letter calling for UK policy on this issue to be brought in line with the international consensus
Healthcare workers potentially exposed to HIV: an update
Summary of the updated guidance on managing the risk of contracting HIV from occupational exposure