Research and analysis

Private providers of occupational health services: interim report

This interim report summarises the initial findings of survey research into the private occupational health market.

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Understanding private providers of occupational health services: An interim summary of survey research

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Details

This research was commissioned to understand private provision of occupational health services in the UK.

Occupational health is defined in the research as those advisory and support services which help to maintain and promote employee health and wellbeing.

The main topics covered in the report are:

  • the organisation of the private occupational health market
  • occupational health providers’ commissioning processes and practices
  • private market interaction with the NHS
  • workforce issues and provider capacity
  • outcome data collection
  • marketing methods

The research findings will help inform future policy development relating to occupational health. The full report will be published in autumn 2019.

Authors: Angus Tindle, Lorna Adams, Isabel Kearney, Zainab Hazel and Sam Stroud (IFF Research).

Published 2 April 2019