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The Occupational Health Service Dr Fiona Page, Consultant Occupational Physician and Lead Clinician. History. Oldham NHS Trust OH Service ‘Mediscreen’ a strong brand name Oldham, North Manchester, Rochdale and Bury Trust merger (2002) ? Early example of reconfiguration

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  1. The Occupational Health ServiceDr Fiona Page, Consultant Occupational Physician and Lead Clinician

  2. History • Oldham NHS Trust OH Service ‘Mediscreen’ a strong brand name • Oldham, North Manchester, Rochdale and Bury Trust merger (2002) • ? Early example of reconfiguration • 4 (very different) OH departments required to merge into one • Lessons learnt

  3. Now • Multidisciplinary team • Embedded service • Provide OH service to public and private sector organisations • Strong customer focus • Training • Contribution to wider field of OH • Innovation • Peer and professional support • SEQOHS compliant

  4. Multidisciplinary Team • 6 Consultant Occupational Physicians • 4 Specialist/Specialty Registrars • 1 Specialty physician withAFOM (Staff Grade) • 1 Clinical Assistant • 1 FY1 • Practice Development Nurse Manager • 2 Clinical Nurse Managers • 13 Occupational Health Nurses • 2 Occupational Health Technicians • 8 Counsellors including 3 with CBT training • Physiotherapist • Business Manager • IT system manager • Large secretarial and administration team

  5. Service provided to • NHS • Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust • A Mental HealthTrust • numerous Primary Care Trusts • North Western Deanery , hospital based specialty training • Public sector • Local authorities • Emergency services • Education • Private sector including • Manufacturing • Chemical • Retail • Total employees - ? 114,000

  6. Service Locations • North Manchester General Hospital • Royal Oldham Hospital • Fairfield General Hospital • Rochdale Infirmary • Runcorn – The Heath Business Park • Holmes Chapel • St Helens • Onsite clinics at various companies

  7. Advantages of a large team • Individual portfolios • Clinical governance e.g. critical incidents, audit • Practice Development Manager • Training department • MDT • Study mornings • Doctors’ away days • Professional and peer support

  8. What else • Dragon • Paper light project • Consultant per Division/Contract • Case conferences • Management Review Meetings • Use of text and e-mail • Up skilling • OH technicians

  9. The Challenges • Multiple sites • Part time staff • IT • Financial Climate • Succession planning • Competing priorities

  10. The future • The Manchester OH service • Collaboration between Stockport, Central Manchester, Pennine Acute and the Academic unit and ? others • Clear Vision • Benefits • The way forward

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