Workplace Medicals.

What is involved?

At The Occupational Health Team Ltd, we manage your entire health surveillance process. We can undertake an initial risk assessment to establish whether and to what degree health surveillance is necessary for you, and provide a report with clear recommendations based on your needs. We can also help you make cost savings if you already have a health surveillance programme in place, or if you simply want to arrange hearing tests for your staff.

We provide professional advice on the health aspects of work and any work related ill health. Assessments are undertaken to evaluate workplace risks and provide advice regarding minimising any risks identified.
Workplace assessments can include situations for manual handling, pregnancy, workstation and ergonomic problems.

Our Workplace Assessments are carried out onsite and include taking a medical history and reviewing the task analysis. We can provide advice on return to work plans, give recommendations and solutions for keeping employees at work, and provide help on sourcing the most cost effective ergonomic desks, chairs and office furniture. We provide a range of testing as part of our workplace medicals including;

Lung Function

Under The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) If an employees work involves a substance that can cause occupational asthma, they should undergo regular surveillance.

Isocyanates (e.g. two-pack spray paints), flour dust, grain dust, glutaraldehyde, wood dust, latex powdered natural rubber latex gloves) or glues and resins can all cause occupational asthma. Motor vehicle repairers, bakeries, food processors, beauty services, cleaning services, painters, repairers (including electronics), welders and woodworkers (including forestry) are all associated with occupational asthma.

Our extensive Lung Function testing help to measure the level of effectiveness of controls over working practices, in order to prevent harmful exposures.

We can help you develop and implement an assessment process tailored to the needs of your organisation. We’ll work with you to design a cost effective programme,  that may include on-site needs analysis, training for your managers, lung function testing, recalls and onward referrals to medical specialists if required.

All of our services are recommended and laid out according to the latest, relevant legislation, namely;

•             COSHH Regulations 2002

•             The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

•             The Personal Protective Equipment Regulations 1992

For further information about occupational asthma from the British Occupational Health Research Foundation, click here

To look at guidance on personal protective equipment from the Health and Safety  Executive, click here

Audiometric Hearing Tests

Under the noise at work regulations 2005 employers must provide health surveillance for all your employees who are likely to be regularly exposed above the upper exposure action value, or are at risk for any reason, e.g. they already suffer from hearing loss or are particularly sensitive to damage.

Each of our hearing tests are carried out in line with the British Society of Audiology recommendations and to HSE guidelines, using the categorisation method, as per the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005. Any employee whose hearing test is below an acceptable level will be sent to their GP or the Occupational Health Physician for further investigation.

If employees are, or are liable to be, exposed to noise, their employer needs to ensure they are placed under suitable health surveillance, which includes testing their hearing.

If you wish to view the Noise Regulations 2005 legislation, click here

Musculosketal Testing

Risk factors causing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) can be found in virtually every workplace from commerce to agriculture, health services to construction. An estimated 11.6 million working days a year are lost to work-related MSDs and they are the most common occupational illnesses in Great Britain affecting 1.0 million people per year. 

Proactive prevention measures, early reporting of symptoms, suitable treatment and rehabilitation are proven to be extremely cost effective.

 With our extensive knowledge of the many kinds of workplaces, we are able to advise on workplace adjustments that may enable an employee to either return or remain at work.

The Occupational Health Team are happy to undertake workplace assessments or Display Screen Equipment assessments (DSE).

For more information about our comprehensive DSE reviews contact us today.

Skin Testing

How can they improve the workforce?

Employers have a legal duty to prevent the occurrence of risks of injury or illness, which are reasonably foreseeable in relation to their employees. Carrying out Health Surveillance in the form of medicals helps to detect early signs of ill health as a result of work.

Our team helps to identify risks that are present, as well as personal health concerns that could be brought on by workplace exposure.

For companies of any size, Health Surveillance can help protect the health of employees while offering them healthcare of the highest standard in the workplace.