Occupational Health
Occupational health is a specialised area of medicine concerned with the way in which an individual’s health can affect his or her ability to do a job, and conversely how the work environment can affect an individual’s health.
Occupational Health aims to promote the physical, mental and social well-being of students and to reduce the incidence of ill-health arising from exposure to work place hazards. Offering a range of services to support students, such as:
- Advice on a student’s fitness to undertake a course and any appropriate adjustments that may be required
- Advice on fitness to study where there is a concern in relation to a student’s medical fitness to attend university, study and sit exams
- Health surveillance where required by legislation
- Appropriate screening and vaccinations where necessary depending on the demands of the course, ie health care students
- Provision of medical certification for a range of non-course related activities, ie attendance at Camp America
- Provision of comprehensive travel advice and vaccinations for course related travel e.g. electives or field work
- Provision of health promotion advice on a range of issues such as alcohol, drugs and contraception
- Advice may be available in a number of emergency situations such as students taken suddenly ill on campus or during examinations
Students may be seen
Following faculty referral: Tutors may decide that it is appropriate to formally refer students by writing to the Occupational Health Services for a medical opinion. Following the consultation a written report will be provided and almost always the contents and indeed a copy of this will be available to the student.
Following self-referral: Students can make their own arrangements to be seen if they have any relevant concerns. In these cases the consultation is strictly confidential and no reports are provided unless specifically requested by the individual concerned.
Statutory appointments: Where necessary for health surveillance required under legislation or screening due to course requirements.
Accessing Occupational Health
Both sites are open from Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 4.00pm
South Campus
Waterloo Place, 182/184 Oxford Road
Tel: 0161 275 2858
Fax: 0161 275 3137
Email: waterlooocchealth@manchester.ac.uk
North Campus
Jackson’s Mill, Sackville Street
Tel: 0161 306 5806
Fax: 0161 306 3245
Email: Themillocchealth@manchester.ac.uk