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SOM highlights case for wider access to OH in letter to chancellor
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The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to highlight the need for occupational health to be made available to anyone who might need it, and to urge a rethink of the taxation of employer-funded private health treatment.
The letter says there is a strong economic case for the government to support access to OH for all employers, and suggests HM Treasury should support the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Work and Pensions to provide logistical, financial and practical support for OH providers to ensure that their services are available to anybody who may need them.
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