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Planning, commissioning and developing occupational health services. Ruth Warden, Deputy Head Employment Services. Key areas to cover today:. Context for realignment Support available Future plans. Context for realignment. 5 high impact changes towards embedding health and well being:
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Planning, commissioning and developing occupational health services Ruth Warden, Deputy Head Employment Services
Key areas to cover today: • Context for realignment • Support available • Future plans
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
Context for realignment • Impact realignment of occupational services will have on sickness absence
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
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
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