Defining the value of accredited specialists in occupational medicine working in the National Health Service and exploring future opportunities for enhancing the provision of occupational health services in England.  A project commissioned by NHS England / NHS Improvement November 2021.

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to showcase the skills and attributes of an Accredited Specialist working in the NHS particularly those of strategic and specialist leadership. The 2 key recommendations from this work include: 

• using the skills of the accredited specialist at a strategic level across the 42 newly formed  integrated care systems (ICS) across England to provide consistent, high quality OH provision across the NHS
• creating a National  Chief Medical officer role sitting at the NHSE/I level to co-ordinate the work across the ICS’s and provide national leadership for the biggest employer in the UK as supported by the Growing OH programme run by NHSE/I

Dr Shriti Pattani, Specialist Clinical Advisor in OH NHSE/I

The full research report is available here