SEQOHS

200th service awarded SEQOHS accreditation

Scheme to drive up standards in occupational health goes from strength to strength with 200th accreditation The SEQOHS accreditation scheme is delighted to award its 200th accreditation to Glenn Raybone, a single-handed occupational health provider based in Dudley. SEQOHS accreditation is awarded to occupational health and occupational health physiotherapy services that meet standards developed by - Read more...

Published Date: 26/01/2017 Posted In: SEQOHS

Safe, Effective, Quality Occupational Health Service accreditation welcomes occupational health physiotherapy services

Today the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM), welcome Safe, Effective, Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) accreditation to physiotherapy occupational health services. This decision follows a successful pilot scheme managed by SEQOHS and The Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics (ACPOHE), who tested how applicable the - Read more...

Published Date: 30/04/2015 Posted In: Press Releases, SEQOHS

Improved SEQOHS standards launched

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine has launched its revised SEQOHS standards. SEQOHS was the first standard setting system for occupational health services in the UK and a ground-breaker internationally. SEQOHS – ‘Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service’ – constitutes a set of standards and a voluntary accreditation system for services that meet the standards. An - Read more...

Published Date: 01/04/2015 Posted In: Quality Improvement, SEQOHS

150 Occupational Health services achieve SEQOHS accreditation

One hundred and fifty services have now been accredited by the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) accreditation scheme. Alere Healthcare Connections was the 150th service to achieve SEQOHS accreditation. Alere Healthcare Connections is a well established provider of occupational health and drug and alcohol screening in the United Kingdom. SEQOHS aims to raise - Read more...

Published Date: 12/11/2014 Posted In: Press Releases, SEQOHS

Constructing Better Health and SEQOHS announce new collaboration

Constructing Better Health (CBH) and Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) today announce a new collaboration to improve the accreditation of occupational health services in the construction industry. Together, the two organisations have established a new approach, which will simplify accreditation for occupational health services in the construction industry. Occupational health services working in - Read more...

Published Date: 30/09/2014 Posted In: Quality Improvement, SEQOHS

Developments in SEQOHS

The Faculty recently published a report detailing the feedback received from the consultation on the SEQOHS standards. In parallel with the review of the SEQOHS standards, SEQOHS is working in collaboration with other OH organisations to assess the adaptability of the standards in the evolving market place. SEQOHS is conducting a pilot, in partnership - Read more...

Published Date: 27/08/2014 Posted In: Quality Improvement, SEQOHS

Review of SEQOHS standards

Thank you to everyone who responded to the consultation process on the review of the SEQOHS standards. The Faculty has published a report which sets out the background for the consultation process and the content of the responses received. There was a high level of engagement with 178 responses to the survey. The proposals for - Read more...

Published Date: 30/07/2014 Posted In: Quality Improvement, SEQOHS

Faculty and Society response to Health and Work Service announcement

The Faculty and Society have issued a joint press release in response to today’s announcement from the Department for Work and Pensions that Health Management Limited will deliver the Health and Work Service. - Read more...

Published Date: 28/07/2014 Posted In: Press Releases, SEQOHS

Autumn conference: Quality Improvement

Booking is now open for the Faculty’s Autumn conference on Quality Improvement. The conference is taking place on Wednesday 3 September at the IET Austin Court in Birmingham; the expert speakers will focus on quality improvement initiatives and how they can help occupational health physicians to improve the standard of their practice. We are fortunate - Read more...

Published Date: 29/05/2014 Posted In: Events and Conferences, Revalidation, SEQOHS

NQIP Client Experience Survey – new price

NQIP, the National Quality Improvement Programme from HWDU, offers a client experience survey, aimed at measuring OH clients’ satisfaction with their OH service/provider. This is now at a new price of £100. The survey report also benchmarks against other OH services nationally. OH services that undertake this survey will achieve evidence of compliance with the - Read more...

Published Date: 22/05/2014 Posted In: Quality Improvement, SEQOHS