Paul McGovern
@pauldmcgovern
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Clinical Lead for Occupational Health - Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google. Senior Teaching Fellow, UCL. Thoughts my own.
London, England
Joined June 2012
Actually the strongest evidence for improving the #mentalhealth of workers is to ensure that all supervisors/managers can confidently speak with staff about their psychological health. See @WHO review of the evidence. Train those supervisors; that'll help.
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We should not forget that @H_S_E published their review on MHFA in 2018 & found "There is no evidence that the introduction of MHFA training has improved the organisational management of mental health in workplaces".
Thoughts on Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace: https://t.co/KkIRqnq5Cr
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Thoughts on Mental Health First Aid in the Workplace: https://t.co/KkIRqnq5Cr
@SOMNews
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Delighted to be part of the authorship team for this important document. Hopefully, the information will help protect the #mentalhealth of healthcare workers who provide emergency life support. Supportive leaders & peer support have key roles. @EPR_HPRU @NHSCHECK1 @MarchonStress
The psychological impact of resuscitation affects everyone differently. Immediately afterwards, you might feel great – or sometimes you might not be affected at all. But it's important to remember that at times, exposure to resuscitation can be shocking, upsetting or disturbing.
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Better occupational health reports -make sure follow-up appointments are worthwhile and useful to employees and employers. #occupationalhealth #hr #workplace #Health
https://t.co/qFhuCgKsAL
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Too often, occupational health follow-up appointments are suggested inappropriately by clinicians. Often this is due to a lack of diligence in the initial consultation – occupational clinicians...
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Latest article in my newsletter: Better occupational health reports - Make a plan! https://t.co/MnNaz8tTYZ via @LinkedIn
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As a former @FOMNews trainee rep myself, I strongly encourage UK OH trainees to consider applying for this role. An amazing opportunity to influence training, represent your peers, understand how FOM supports OH, and learn about committee work and senior stakeholder engagement.
FOM TRAINEES Your email newsletter has been sent to you. In this issue we are inviting applications for the role of Trainee Representative & highlighting the Trainee discount for the FOM/SOM Conference. Further news includes an OSPE update and a new online resource.
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An expert in one domain may be a novice in another. This can be very risky when medical expert witnesses are engaged. My letter on this in the BMJ https://t.co/H7qhOkID6E
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The Medical Protection Society’s desire for greater training for expert witnesses in medical negligence cases is laudable but misses an important point.1 As the Medical Protection Society notes,...
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Thank you @NorwichChloe for visiting our occupational health service, to learn how we are supporting our staff.
It was great to accompany @SOMNews and see how the occupational health teams at @GSTTnhs and @TfL are prioritising the wellbeing of their staff. Positive physical and mental health is good for business as healthier workplaces produce stronger financial results
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The Society of Occupational Medicine welcomes the Minister for Disabled People, @NorwichChloe MP today to the excellent Occupational Health (OH) departments at @TfL and @GSTTnhs Discussing the need to ‘level up’ access to OH @pauldmcgovern @dwppressoffice @DWP
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Some interesting research underway which will look at manipulating circadian rhythms through timing of light exposure, fasting and eating. This could improve adjustment to shifts and reduce jetlag, improving performance and safety at work...if it's effective.
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This may have implications for workforces - if your circadian rhythm coincides with working time, performance may be better, impacting business outcomes. Working hours flexibility when possible could make a lot of business sense (for several reasons)
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Outcome from surgery may be better if done in the afternoon...but we can manipulate circadian rhythms to mitigate this
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We've known for a long time that emergency surgery done out of hours has higher mortality, often assumed to be due to lower alertness of surgical teams and fewer backup resources at night. But may also be related to injury response
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@RCPhysicians @FOMNews @FinolaMRyan @SOMNews This is amazing - cellular circadian rhythm is so influential that wounds or burns sustained when you would usually be asleep heal more slowly than they do if sustained during waking hours. Skin cells more active and migrate better to support healing!
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Fantastic to be at a real live conference at @RCPhysicians in ! Great programme of speakers today at the @FOMNews trainee conference introduced by @FinolaMRyan. #occupationalmedicine @SOMNews
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