Personnel Today
Five ways occupational health needs to scale up post pandemic
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The Covid-19 pandemic has left occupational health practitioners struggling to cope with massive return-to-work, mental health, risk management and infection control challenges. With the government also keen to reform workplace health provision, now is the time to consider how OH can more effectively ‘scale up’, argues Dr Sheetal Chavda.
Covid-19 is likely to lead to a changing economy and new health at work issues that will need to be dealt with competently. Disabilities affecting work and workplace risks have not disappeared, only transmuted into different presentations and challenges. This will also drive the need for research and innovation within occupational health. Musculoskeletal and mental health problems remain prevalent within our society and therefore there remains a need for strong evidence-based treatment and management options.