General News

Ethics, the Law and Data Protection Event and launch of updated Ethics Guidance

Ethics, the Law and Data Protection in Work and Health event – 28th November, RSM, London The FOM and the Royal Society of Medicine are jointly running an event focusing on ethical and legal considerations in OH. The event will encompass discussions on the interface between legal issues and professional ethics in the changing context - Read more...

Published Date: 18/10/2018 Posted In: Events, General News

FOM seeking new CESR evaluators

Background Doctors who have not undertaken the traditional training route to specialist registration can apply for specialist registration by means of the Certificate of Eligibility of Specialist Registration (CESR). Doctors submit their applications to the General Medical Council (GMC), which sends them to the relevant College or Faculty for evaluation. Two occupational physicians from the - Read more...

Published Date: 13/08/2018 Posted In: General News

Guidance on GDPR

FOM has produced new guidance for occupational physicians and practices on their responsibilities under GDPR. Practitioners should be aware that this guidance is general in nature and that each organisation should obtain its own guidance, either from specialist practitioners or from the Information Commissioner. In addition, as the law is still developing, FOM does not - Read more...

Published Date: 01/03/2019 Posted In: General News

Getting to the new FOM office & the ECOH

FOM will soon be moving to new premises at 2 Lovibond Lane, London SE10 9FY. It’s a stone’s throw from Greenwich station which will make getting to us a cinch, especially from 2018 onward when a number of infrastructure upgrades to London’s transport network will be completed. Train and Tube Travel The new premises house - Read more...

Published Date: 24/07/2017 Posted In: General News

Allowing doctors the time to improve the wider NHS

Many physicians and clinicians regularly contribute their time to work for the wider benefit of the NHS, through supporting the work of bodies like NICE, the GMC, the CQC and many others. However, this can go unrecognised, and with increased pressures it is becoming more difficult for many hospitals to allow for such time off - Read more...

Published Date: 24/07/2017 Posted In: General News

Remembering Professor Gordon Waddell CBE

A medical revolutionary whose contribution has changed much of what we do 21-09-1942–20-04-2017 Gordon Waddell was born in Scotland, and qualified in medicine at Glasgow in 1967. Orthopaedics then beckoned and he was appointed to the Western Infirmary, Glasgow as Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in 1977. Thus began his special interest in understanding spinal problems, back - Read more...

Published Date: 05/05/2017 Posted In: General News

Update on the 2017/19 CQUIN

CQUIN stands for commissioning for quality and innovation. The system was introduced in 2009 to make a proportion of healthcare providers’ income conditional on demonstrating improvements in quality and innovation in specified areas of patient care. Last year, NHS England announced that the 2016/17 CQUIN would encourage providers to improve their role as an employer - Read more...

Published Date: 19/04/2017 Posted In: General News

UK OH research priorities study

The Healthy Working Lives Group, in collaboration with the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM), are conducting a study to identify current opinions of UK occupational physicians (OPs) and occupational health researchers (OHRs) about your present priorities with regard to research. We understand that this is a wide topic and, - Read more...

Published Date: 31/03/2017 Posted In: General News