Download: How to implement a health surveillance programme

In this document we provide step by step guidance to implementing a health surveillance programme in your work place.

The purpose of health surveillance is to:

• Detect ill health at an early stage, allowing for better controls to be implemented to prevent it getting worse.
• Provide data to help evaluate risks and control measures.
• Enable employees to raise concerns about their health and work.
• Reinforce training and education of employees on the impact of health effects of work and use of personal protective equipment.

We look at the following steps:

• What are the hazards?
• Do I need health surveillance?
• What health surveillance do I need?
• What is a health risk matrix?
• Frequency for carrying out health surveillance.
• Read case studies.
• Checklist for ensuring competent health surveillance provision.
• What feedback do I need?
• What else do I need to think about?
• How can we help?