What is Occupational Health?

There is an ever increasing responsibility for businesses to ensure both the safety and wellbeing of their employees. Occupational Health provision from AXA ICAS the health services arm of the AXA PPP healthcare Group, can help you do just that. Their services can help you create a healthier, safer and more productive workplace whilst helping to ensure your compliance with industry regulations.

This means your business benefits by keeping your employees at work and productive - reducing your absence levels, managing litigation and associated costs.

AXA ICAS offer an extensive range of occupational health services that include:

• Health and safety advice to help you manage the risk of absence in your business. This is achieved through management referrals and assessing the return to and fitness for work of your employees

• Post-offer health assessments - to help new starters hit the ground running

• Health surveillance – driven by health and safety legislation to ensure employees in high risk jobs, e.g. exposed to noise, chemicals or vibration, are supported effectively

• Health and safety consultations including workstation assessments

• Working time regulation assessments for adolescents, or employees that either work during night-time or work more than 48 hours per week in a 17 week period.

• Medical policy development - such as drugs and alcohol policy

AXA ICAS can provide a range of promotional materials to ensure your managers and employees know about the services available to them, so your business benefits from having these services in place.

Ongoing health surveillance

Regular monitoring of employees who work in high risk working environments like chemical plants or building sites helps to ensure their ongoing health and productivity. This helps you meet your responsibilities as a business and gives you the peace of mind that comes from knowing your employees are safe.

A safer work environment and a business that is compliant with regulations

The combination of Health and Safety surveillance, regular audits/consultations, updates on medical policy development and our helpline will help keep you compliant and ensure that your work environment is as safe as possible for your employees.

Employees that are ready to start

By assessing new recruits before they start you can help ensure that any suitable adjustments are made before the job starts. Post-offer assessments help to ensure the employee is fit for the job ahead, and that the work environment has catered for any specific needs. In doing so you are able to help make the new recruit feel welcome and comfortable in their new role.

Expert independent advice

If management have any concerns about the health of an existing employee they can refer them for an Independent Medical Assessment. A trained medical adviser will then assess the case to ensure the most appropriate course of action so you can maintain productivity and manage sickness absence in your business.

Up to date legislation

AXA ICAS keep you updated with the latest legislation on subjects such as drugs and alcohol to help increase awareness in the workplace. This also helps to ensure your compliance with regulations which helps towards meeting your duty of care as an employer, thereby reducing the risk of litigation and claims for compensation.