Referrals
This section tells you how to manage people
with inhalation problems ‘in-house,’ and when and how to refer them
on.
Managing people
‘in-house’
Getting outside help
Specific professionals
Professional bodies – contact
details
Managing people ‘in-house’
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for advice on managing an employee who’s suffering from an
inhalation disorder.
Getting outside help
The British Thoracic Society is
an organisation for practising physicians, nurses, scientists and
other professionals with an interest in respiratory disease.
Consultation with a respiratory or chest physician is through
referral, usually from a GP or occupational health physician.
Asthma UK is dedicated to
helping people in the UK with asthma. It offers independent advice
and help to those suffering from asthma, and works with asthmatics,
researchers and health professionals to help reduce the impact of
asthma on the lives of sufferers.
NHS Plus is a network of NHS
occupational health departments across England, supplying quality
services to employers. NHS Plus offers support to industry,
commerce and the public sector, with a focus on small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A similar arrangement is available
in Scotland through a network of
NHS occupational health
departments, and through the
Scottish Centre for Healthy Working Lives who offer a free
advisory service aimed at SMEs.
The Commercial Occupational Health Providers
Association can help you find an occupational health
provider.
If you need a local occupational health provider, contact the
Employment Medical Advisory Service. This service, part of the HSE,
offers information on the availability of local occupational health
services. You can find your local EMAS office in the phonebook,
under ‘Health and Safety Executive’ or contact your local HSE office
directly.
Health and safety advice for
small businesses and information on tax rules when
purchasing occupational health support is also available from the
HSE’s website.
The website of the Professional
Organisations in Occupational Safety and Health lists different
professionals, what they do and how to get the most from them.
In its factsheet Occupational
health and organisational effectiveness, the Chartered
Institute of Personnel and Development explains what an
occupational health provider can deliver.
The Case Management Society UK defines case management as ‘A
collaborative process which assesses, plans, implements,
co-ordinates, monitors and evaluates the options and services
required to meet an individual’s health, care, educational and
employment needs’. For more information, click here.
Peninsula Medical School provides an evidence base for early
intervention in sickness absence and discusses factors influencing
referrals to return to work interventions in the literature review
Avoiding
long-term incapacity for work: Developing an early intervention in
primary care.
Specific professionals
The British Occupational Hygiene Society
aims to reduce work-related ill health by promoting the science of
occupational hygiene. It promotes public and professional
awareness, and provides education and training in occupational
health and hygiene, as well as information on occupational hygiene
professionals
The Society of
Occupational Medicine has a list of occupational
physicians
The World Health Organisation explains what an
occupational health nurse does
You can get information on professional nursing organisations from
the Association of Occupational Health Nurse
Practitioners (UK) and the Royal College of
Nursing
Professional health associations
British Occupational Hygiene Society
British Society for Allergy & Clinical
Immunology
Case Management Society UK
Commercial Occupational Health Providers
Association
Faculty of Occupational
Medicine
Institute of Occupational
Medicine
Society of Occupational Medicine
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