Occupational Health Services are designed to take care of your workers to keep them fit and strong, so they work well for you. In order to achieve the aim of a healthy workforce you can provide them with health care services at the workplace.
Every firm has a different way of doing this. However, health and safety legislation dictates that you must provide a safe working environment for your workers. Because of this practically every business need some form of occupational health service.
Forms of occupational Health Services
One area where all firms need the expertise of a health worker is working out whether or not a person is fit to work. This means that if one of your workers has been off sick you can assess accurately whether or not they are well enough to return back to doing what they were doing for you before they became sick. Fit to work assessments can work out whether there is another role a sick worker can play within your organisation. This means that the person who works for you can carry on working despite illness and still be a productive member of your team. Obviously this is good for you and good for your worker. You don’t have to pay somebody else to do their work as well as paying them sick pay. You worker does not have to try and survive on a much lower income for a long period of time. For them sickness does not necessarily mean an end to their working life.
Many firms employ a nurse to carry out basic assessments and provide simple health services for their workers. This means that they spot early signs of illness before it becomes a big problem. For example giving your employees the chance to have their blood pressure taken on a regular basis, have diabetes tests and the like means that serious illnesses are spotted early. This is good for your employees and good for you. You lose far less days because of long term sickness when you provide sound occupational health services for your employees.
COPE OHS have been providing occupational health services to British firms for decades now. They offer a tailored service meaning you can choose exactly what health care you provide your workers.