Our Health Services

Health Surveillance is a well managed, proactive system of careful checks and screenings of employees. We endeavour to to prevent problems before they occur, by undertaking regular Heath Surveillance Assessments, helping you to meet your statutory obligations under Health and Safety Law.

Health Surveillance Importance:

• Discovering work related health issues at an early stage, allowing better controls to be installed by employers
• Teaching employers how to best evaluate health risks
• Tailor made programmes to suit your organisation
• Reduces absence numbers greatly
• Informs employees on the risks that they might have previously been aware of

 

 

 

Spirometry (Lung Function Assessments) should be a regular occurrence in any profession that can be associated with Occupational Asthma.

If detected early enough, an appropriate procedure can be put into place to avoid increased exposure and the emloyee’s risk of developing full-blown Asthma is greatly reduced.

Our checks are in compliance with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002.

Our tests last no longer than 20 minutes and can be conducted on your site, meaning the disturbance caused is only minimal.

Risk Factors:

• Isocyanates (spray paints)
• Solder Flux
• Flour/Grain Dust
• Glutaraledehyde
• Wood Dust/Latex
• Welding Fumes
• Glues & Resins

Audiometry (Hearing Assessments) is an extremely important measure that should be respected by employee’s that are subjected to high levels of noise exposure.

Course of Action:

• Once a noise issue has been identified by your Risk Assessment we can undertake regular hearing tests to monitor the health of your employees to help you meet your statutory requirements under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005).

Testing:

• The tests themselves can then be performed on all affected workers, detecting an hearing loss and can then be signposted for further management referral.

Regulation Compliance:

• Our organisation complies strictly with the standards set out by the Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005).

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome is something that can occur from continued usage of powered hand tools. It occurs primarily in construction based work.

The Risks:

• Damage includes: inability to perform fine work, painful finger blanching attacks from the cold.
• Costs resulting from inaction could be high

What We Provide:

• Work with you to find alternate methods of working which do not put you at risk
• Provide health surveillance to detect and respond to early signs of damage to prevent the condition worsening
• Identified problems will be referred for further management.

Anyone operating specialist vehicles of any kind should be screened for the appropriate checks, as suggested by the HSE.

We offer specialist health screening for different types of drivers. These include forklift trucks, cherry pickers and vocational drivers.

HSE recommends that anyone operating these types of vehicles should be screened:

• Before employment
• Every 5 years after 45 years
• Age 65+ should have annual checks
• After absences of more than one month, or shorter if the illness was serious and could affect the driver

We offer the appropriate checks to ensure that anyone who is involved with specialist machinery is completely fit and safe whilst working.

More and more work is now becoming office based, and with that increase, the prevalence of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSD’S) is also more abundant.

Due to the sedentary nature that these jobs promote, joints and ligaments spend hours upon end loaded in a certain position, which, if repeated daily, is a major risk factor for WRMSD’s.

Display Screen Equipment is used in almost every job, and some people spend the majority of their working day staring at a screen.

Improper set up of this type of equipment can lead to health problems inluding:

• Fatigue
• Eye Strain
• Upper Limb Problems
• Backache

A key part of our business is providing help when it comes to sickness absence, in the form of management referrals.

We provide training for managers, giving them the tools they need to create and adapt an effective sickness absence policy and instructing them on when to look at Occupational Health.

Our assessments can be provided in or out of office, and a full report will be issued upon completion.

Employee Health Checks are positive steps towards a healthy company and can go a long way to increase the well-being of your workforce.

These checks are consultations with an Occupational Health Nurse who will look at important elements of your health which affect your day to day.

We look at the following during a health check:

• Blood Glucose Levels
• Weight
• Height
• BMI
• Cholesterol Levels
• Blood Pressure