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Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service
Since 2012
Acorn are proud to be SEQOHS accredited
The SEQOHS Accreditation Scheme has been developed by the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and assists clients to identify OH providers that supply safe, appropriate and effective, quality services.
Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme
Since 2021
Acorn are proud to be RISQS accredited
Acorn can support the railway industry with Personal Track Safety Medicals (PTS) and Drug and Alcohol screening.
UKAS
Since 2021
We are UKAS accredited
UKAS is appointed by Government to assess businesses carrying testing. We are now accredited with UKAS and can continue supporting our customers with covid-19 testing.

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Health Surveillance
Health surveillance is the process of monitoring and protecting the health of employees exposed to specific risks at work.
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Rail Track Medicals, Fit For Task Medicals and Safety Critical Medicals
Assess an individual to ensure they are fit to complete a specific task or partake in a safety-critical role, be that on-site or on a rail track.
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Management Referrals
Individual assessments to enable an employee to safely return to work following absence or provide advice on an employee’s ability to remain in work.
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Health Screening
The primary purpose of health screening is to detect early infection or hazards among otherwise healthy individuals.
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Covid-19 Support
Acorn can help support your business with Covid-19 and the ongoing effects of the pandemic.
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Health and Wellbeing
Improve employee’s health and wellbeing by offering physical and mental health support through our bespoke services and enhance your workplace culture.
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Acorn Occupational Health + OrchidLive

OrchidLive is our new, custom-built electronic occupational health portal where we can send questionnaires, upload documents and produce reports all in one. This is a cost-free addition to our service allowing our customers to enjoy a range of time-saving benefits.

This system has been created specifically for Occupational Health and will help us to further streamline your occupational health programme, dramatically reduce the use of paper and is completely confidential, enabling you to easily manage your businesses occupational health requirements.

Mental Wellbeing Guidance for Managers Themselves

Surveys have shown that managers and other senior members of a team are more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health problem. When compared with any other group of employees.

But surely, in order to support employees...

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Health and Fitness

November 23 - 2021

Getting Sponsored to Work on the Railway

In order to work on the railway, workers must undergo training and medicals as the railway is classed as a high-risk industry. This means every worker will have to be sponsored. As these sponsors put workers through training, apply...

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Health and Fitness

November 16 - 2021

Safety Critical Medical for Construction Workers- What’s Included?

For many construction sites and building sites, there can be workers hired for multiple reasons and jobs e.g. Bricklayer, scaffolder, joiner, and carpenter, etc. Because of these various disciplines, sites may request a certificate as proof of fitness to enter the construction...

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November 9 - 2021

9 Common Stresses that Employees have

The HSE has stated 6 main areas that if not managed properly, can lead to stress for people at work. However, it’s important to remember that stress can be felt at all levels, supervisors, managers and even CEOs can experience stress.

Potential...

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Health and Fitness

November 2 - 2021

Return to Work- General Injury Support

Employees can be absent from work for a number of reasons. Although each case should be treated individually, there are some steps that must be followed when supporting an employee to return to work after a long-term absence. During each of these stages, Occupational...

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Health and Fitness

October 26 - 2021

Occupational Health Risk Management in the Rail Industry

The rail industry is considered a high-risk industry. Because of this risk and possible dangers that workers are exposed to, they must be medically fit. Workers also have access to and have control of various types of machinery and equipment. So it’s important...

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Guidance

October 19 - 2021

What is Occupational Health?

According to the Cambridge dictionary, occupational health is ‘The study or activity of trying to prevent...

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Health and Fitness

October 12 - 2021

Improve Your Posture: How to Sit Correctly at a Desk

Studies have shown that office workers in the UK can be sat for up to 9 hours a day! This equates to around 67 sedentary days a year or just over 2 months. Which is A LOT!

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Covid-19 Tests for Travel

Acorn are proud to be SEQOHS accredited

Acorn are proud to be RISQS accredited

We are UKAS accredited

Featured Services

Health Surveillance

Rail Track Medicals, Fit For Task Medicals and Safety Critical Medicals

Management Referrals

Health Screening

Covid-19 Support

Health and Wellbeing

Acorn Occupational Health + OrchidLive

Mobile Health Surveillance Units

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