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Planning and Developing Effective Occupational Health Services for NHS Improvement

This presentation by Ruth Warden, Deputy Head of Employment Services, outlines the strategic realignment of occupational health services within the NHS. Key areas discussed include the context for realignment, available support, and future plans. Focused on five high-impact changes, the strategy promotes leadership, management capabilities, and access to high-quality accredited services. The realignment aims to reduce sickness absence and improve staff wellbeing, supported by existing frameworks and ongoing initiatives. Key documents will guide the implementation of these essential services.

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Planning and Developing Effective Occupational Health Services for NHS Improvement

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  1. Planning, commissioning and developing occupational health services Ruth Warden, Deputy Head Employment Services

  2. Key areas to cover today: • Context for realignment • Support available • Future plans

  3. Context for realignment • 5 high impact changes towards embedding health and well being: • Developing local evidence based improvement plans • With strong visible leadership • Supported by improved management capability • With access to better, local high quality accredited occupational health services • And staff who are encouraged and enabled to take more personal responsibility

  4. Context for realignment • Impact realignment of occupational services will have on sickness absence

  5. Supporting documents already available • NHS Health & Well being Improvement Framework – DH July 2011 • Health Staff, Better Care for Patients: Realignment of Occupational Health Services to the NHS in England – DH July 2011

  6. Further support planned • Guidance on planning, commissioning and developing occupational health services, to include: • Vision for occupational health services • Minimum standards expected • Tools to support analysis of existing OH service provision • The case for realignment • Rapid access to treatment and rehabilitation for NHS staff

  7. Other work planned to the end of the financial year • Developing the business case for occupational health realignment • Developing workforce models for a realigned occupational health service • Providing support through networking • On going links service, NHS Plus and DH to support the service

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