Lorraine Garwood

Whether you require a full-time comprehensive workplace based OH Service, a single sickness absence referral or a day’s health surveillance/medicals contact us today for more information on how we could help you and become your Occupational Health Provider of Choice.

Our mission is to help our clients achieve maximum staff productivity and minimise their costs by maintaining the health and well-being of their employees.

Whatever your Company needs, HIW can and will guarantee to help your programme run without disturbance to your day to day activities. Whatever you need, it is our mission and aim to help you achieve maximum employee productivity by maintaining the health and wellbeing of your employees.

We offer bespoke and tailored services at very competitive prices and can deliver a full range of Health Surveillance, Sickness Absence Management and Medicals in any part of the UK.

We look after workplace occupational health requirements for organisations ranging from office based activities; chemical manufacturing; educational establishments; charities; food preparation and more. Health in Workplace is an independent Occupational Health Providers. Our aim is to deliver Occupational Health to you and a first class value for money service.

Occupational Health about ensuring you maintain a healthy, happy, hardworking and focused work force.
It is also about monitoring the effects of work on health and health on work ensuring the balance is kept.  We can help you with this by tackling any health-related problems that might arise.
Your workforce is your company’s most precious asset, so it makes sense to take the best care of them - not just to comply with legislation, but also to inspire greater commitment, efficiency and productivity
So what are the benefits to you?

• Reduce absence levels so cutting the cost and impact of sickness overall.
• Reduce the risk of litigation
• Lower the cost of your liability and insurance
• Increased staff retention
• Improved productivity

Expertise

What can HIW do for you:

Counselling                                                                                                                                              Management referrals usually carried out for-sickness absence                                                 Handling DSE problems.                                                                                                                 Return to work (RTW) assessment   Sickness absence monitoring                                                                                                                        Vulnerable  person risk/ assessment
Working with disability                                                                                                                     Young person risk/ assessment                           

Occupational Health and Safety Assessments and Medical Surveillance

Workplace assessments                                                                                                               Baseline Health for Work with Hazards                                                                                           Biological monitoring and fitness                                                                                                 Breathing apparatus medicals                                                                                                        Display screen equipment (DSE) Assessments.
Drug and alcohol screen                                                                                                            Ergonomic assessments
Executive medical
Exit medical
Fit for task/position                                                                                                                                Fork lift truck and other driver medicals
Food Handlers.
General health review                                                                                                                                     Hand arm vibration (HAV’s) assessments 
Health screening                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Ill Health Retirement                                                                                                                                               Lead at Work                                                                                                                                     Lone worker                                                                                                                                       New & Expectant Mother - Pregnant worker                                                                                    New starter Pre-placement medicals  
Night workers 
Post recruitment/job offer
Post-Accident at Work
Pre-placement screening                                                                                                                  Rider operated vehicles -Driver – including crane, fork lift.                                                           Skin Surveillance/screening
Statutory Surveillance Medicals
Transfer medical
Vision screening
Well person
Working in confined spaces
Working at heights
Working with disability
Working with Special Hazards
Workplace assessments
Workstation assessment (including DSE)
Vulnerable person assessment
Young person risk/assessment

Registered Midwife- now non practicing.

Registered Specialist Practitioner Occupational Health Nursing.

Occupational Health and Safety Adviser.

I enjoy keeping fit in the gym, swimming, walking and gardening.

I enjoy cooking, baking all types of jam, chutney and pickle making.

I am involved in Horse Driving - and visit many places both as a spectator and working in first aid and health and safety.