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Helping employers to identify ways of supporting those with neurodivergent traits. Our cognitive function assessment will evaluate those with neurodivergent traits or a neurodiversity diagnosis, helping the employer and the employee to identify ways of supporting them at work. This two-stage assessment begins with an online cognitive screening tool, which helps to ...

You’ve been referred to occupational health, and now you’re feeling nervous. You aren’t sure what to say, and you’re worried that whatever you say may land you in trouble. Does that sound familiar? You’re not alone – ‘what not to say to occupational health’ is one of the most regularly asked ...

We’re excited to launch our brand new DSE self-assessment service. At the Smart Clinic our goal is to support you with issues relating to employee health and wellbeing. This includes the impact that work can have on your health, and that health can have on your work. If your staff use display ...

You shouldn’t contact an employee when they’re off sick Nope, not true. There’s a common misconception that if an employee is absent from work, particularly as a result of stress of mental health issues, that you shouldn’t contact them. In fact you can make things worse by not staying in regular communication with ...

Sleep is nature’s way of physical and mental restoration.  Most adults need somewhere between 7 and 8 hours sleep per night, including deep sleep, to feel refreshed. We cannot last much more than 24-36 hours without any sleep without significant symptoms. Our natural night and day sleep and waking pattern, known as ...

Go to our absence management policy template Staff absences can be costly to a business. Mental health absences alone cost employers around £7billion per year. In 2018 17.5m working days were lost to work-related stress, depression and anxiety. When considering physical health issues too, alongside the cost of presenteeism, care giving, sickness ...

What is the difference between an occupational health advisor and physician? An occupational health advisor (OHA) is a nurse, with specialist training and qualifications in occupational health. An occupational physician (OHP) is a doctor with specialist training and qualifications in occupational health. Within the profession of occupational health, the difference in ...

If you are a Smart Clinic customer using pay-as-you-go services (i.e. services chargeable on a case-by-case basis) please take note of the following pricing information. Please note, this does not apply to any arrangements with Split Dimension. At the Smart Clinic our pay-as-you-go pricing has been unchanged since we began delivering ...

Smart Clinic offer a range of short-term interventions listed below: Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Online cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) is a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy course recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of mild to moderate anxiety, stress, and depression.  Online CBT is especially effective for ...

At the Smart Clinic we started our company to improve the state of occupational health in the UK. We’ve made massive steps in the right direction, including developing an app, setting up virtual consultations long before ‘they were cool’, building our own booking system, establishing awesome all-inclusive wellbeing packages, and ...