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Limiting worrying

Excessively worrying can be problematic to your physical and emotional health, therefore it can be useful to try to keep your worries under control where possible.  Below are some suggestions for limiting worrying: Limit your intake of negative news:  Overexposure to any crisis or situations may heighten your feelings of fear ...
Consent for occupational health

The requirement to provide consent to release a report

We are commonly asked why an employee is required to provide consent/approval to release their occupational health report when they have already given consent at an earlier stage to undergo an occupational health assessment. The short answer to this is to protect the legal rights of the employee, and therefore ensure ...

Fair use policy

At the Smart Clinic we offer packages which provide access to our services for your entire organisation. This includes both ‘management referrals’ and ‘staff self-referrals’. Some of these services are unlimited and some have a quota – please see your service-level agreement for more information. However we operate fair usage policies which ...
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Join us: Occupational health nurse advisor vacancy

Our company We are a progressive occupational health provider based in Northwich, Cheshire. Taking a great pride in what we do, we place an emphasis on quality, not quantity and getting our services right. We are nurse led, with a multi-skilled approach and we have super smart technology to support everything we do. We have grown ...
Migraine | Occupational health and wellbeing advice

Migraine

Some people have difficulty identifying when is a headache just a headache, or when a headache becomes a migraine. This is how I would describe the difference; headaches are not usually accompanied by any other symptoms – whereas migraine attacks usually occur on one side of the head with other symptoms such as disturbed ...
Choosing an occupational health provider

Choosing an occupational health provider

Choosing the best occupational health provider for your organisation can be challenging. There are so many considerations. One of the things I would always advise, no matter how big your contract, is to avoid using a tendering company at all costs. In my experience, tendering companies over complicate the process to make themselves ...

Coronavirus: what we’ve learnt about ourselves.

The world has seen a situation unlike anything most of us have experienced before (I’m trying to avoid using the word ‘unprecedented’ here). We’re learning as much as we can, as quickly as possible, about a deadly virus that is spreading across the world. However, watching the world’s reaction and behaviour ...