Audits

The aim is to provide information that helps organisations to measure the impact of current programmes to make sure that they are legally compliant, working to best practice, visible and valued. Our audits cover clinical governance, operational processes and policy as well as looking at health economics. Our auditors are specialists in their field and include Occupational health physicians, vocational rehabilitation specialists and health economists.

As an occupational health provider we use external HR experts as well as our clinical team to assist in providing an accurate view of current programmes and advise on risk and improvements.

Our mission is to help organisations to:

Improve performance and achieve excellence
Deliver health and wellbeing services that fulfil legal obligations and critical business objectives
Provide appropriate services in an environment of increasing budget constraint
Improve employee wellbeing and improve the health of the local community
Effectively use and integrate resources
Reduce health risk, accidents and absence
Manage health and business economics
Contribute to the wider Government agenda on the healthy workforce and Dame Carol Blacks focus on improving the health and wellbeing of people of working age in Britain (Review titled “Working for a healthier tomorrow” supported by a Call for Evidence launched in October 2007 -
http://www.workingforhealth.gov.uk/)

Aims – Occupational health and wellbeing is a continual process, which you need to review so that you can monitor, maintain and improve service delivery.

New research and developments regularly emerge, which need to be incorporated into processes.

Our full audit aims are:

To obtain a clear baseline assessment of current practice
To carry out a thorough assessment of current Occupational Health needs/services and organisational/business impact.
To identify safe working practices
To ensure the service is providing best value.
To identify “where the organisation is now” in addressing occupational health and wellbeing.
To review health related protocols, benefits and wellness programmes
To identify health and wellbeing issues - work related/non work related and identify any potential risks
To identify personal life support services such as work life balance and economic wellbeing
To understand the different working environments, job tasks and potential risks to health and wellbeing and to identify “work style” health issues including work life balance.

Audit Stages

Stage 1 Clinical Interviews

Stage 2 Stakeholder interviews

Stage 3 Data Analysis

Stage 4 Online questionnaire (optional)

Stage 5 Documentation

Stage 6 Cost analysis

Stage 7 Audit report and presentation