Could Covid-19 cost pressures crunch SEQOHS?

Over the past year, during the Covid-19 lockdowns, many Chartered Quality Institute online branch meetings have steered away from topics of compliance or root cause analysis and instead focused on the topical subjects of health and wellbeing in the workplace and returning to work.

Many attendees to these meetings have been brave enough to open up about their own personal experiences surrounding their mental health as well as encounters with their companies’ OH departments.

As Occupational Health & Wellbeing highlighted in December, the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) Christmas lecture by Professor Dame Carol Black urged OH practitioners to use the harsh spotlight that Covid-19 has thrown on to workplace health to “seize the moment”, to raise their voice and profile with government and employers and truly show the value OH can bring to the table.

Is Covid-19 creating a crunch point for OH Companies to gain accreditations such as SEQOHS?