OHSS: Occupational Health and Safety Services

20 Forth Street, Edinburgh
Tel: 0131 557 2028
Fax: 0131 558 8090
Email: OHSSEd@aol.com
Vat Reg No: 592 9254 03

Directory of Services Provided by OHSS

Occupational Health and Medical Services

Absence management: Assessment for fitness for work, rehabilitation for planned return to work programmes and advice on capability issues.
Ill health retirement issues: Co-ordination and interpretation of GP and Consultant reports and opinion offered as to course of action required.
Counselling services: Service available with referral to appropriate agencies.
Management / self referrals: Where concern is expressed over an individuals capacity to perform tasks expected of them the OHSS can provide guidance on capabilities.
Specialist health advice: OHSS can assist you with advice or information on special issues such as pregnant workers, lone workers, asbestos or lead workers.
Telephone advisory service: Service available for line managers, personnel officers, health and safety staff and, if requested, for employees on both health and safety matters in the workplace.
Pre-employment Health Assessments: Occupational health adviser opinion given on completed health questionnaire, or after appointment with Occupational Health Adviser for health screening.
Screening services: OHSS can provide full screening services for eyesight, hearing, lung function, blood sampling, urinalysis, individual lifestyle management and company stress audit.
Legislative compliance issues: Advice on forthcoming health and safety legislation is available at the end of a phone / fax line.

Technical Services - Two performance criteria

Speed of response: rapid turnaround of validated results
Defensible data: data has to be retained for long periods of time, so it must be quality assured, robust and defensible

We can offer expert consultancy and testing services in the following areas: