{"id":175028,"date":"2022-08-24T01:17:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T00:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/?p=175028"},"modified":"2025-09-03T01:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T00:39:13","slug":"occupational-health-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/occupational-health-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Occupational Health at Work in England?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As an employer, taking care of your employees’ health is vital for running a successful business. According to the NHS<\/a>, each year people take approximately 170 million sick days each year. Thus, anything you as an employer can do to reduce time off for health issues and get employees back into the workplace is worth considering. Furthermore, the longer your employees take off work for ill health, the less chance of them returning to their job. Where they have taken at least six months off, the possibility of them returning to the workplace is only 50 %.<\/a> Therefore, as an employer, you may wish to consider using occupational health in the workplace to help your employees with good workplace health. This article will explain occupational health at work and why you may want to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Occupational Health?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Occupational health is a medical service that can apply to physical and mental health<\/a>. It aids in well-being at work, helping your employees stay healthy and safe. Occupational health also helps to manage risks in your workplace that may result in the poor health of your employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Use Occupational Health?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prioritising staff health is essential and can increase business productivity and profitability. You may, therefore, decide to use occupational health where your employee has returned from a period of sickness, including a period of long-term sickness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Occupational health advice can help inform you as to how your employee may be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n