What is Health Surveillance?

Health surveillance is systematically watching out for early signs of work-related ill health in employees exposed to certain health risks so preventative actions can be taken to ensure the health of employees is maintained. It means putting in place certain procedures to achieve this. These procedures include:

• Simple methods, such as reviewing questionnaires, looking for skin damage;
• Discrete technical checks on employees, such as hearing tests or lung-function tests
• More involved medical examinations such as medicals.

Much, if not all, health surveillance is governed by statute and/or HSE guidelines.  However the frequency and types of surveillance should be entirely governed by exposures to health hazards.  So if your employees are not exposed then they do not need any monitoring.

Everwell has extensive experienced with a multitude of industries, environments and different organisations so we can talk through anything typical that may be in your work environement. So if you are not sure whether you should be monitoring the health of your employees or not then please feel free to contact us to seek guidance on how we can help or advise you. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel 01270 767880