Comprehensive Guide to Health Monitoring for Well-being
Health Monitoring FAQ
What is health monitoring?
Health monitoring is performed under many different scenarios including in hospitals by nurses and doctors monitoring patients or if a person is injured or exposed to hazardous chemicals they may be monitored. It may also be implemented by an employer to monitor a work environment for occupational or environmental health hazards.
Do you have to do health monitoring?
This collects early reports of any symptoms workers may have. In law, you do not have to do health monitoring. But it is often useful to collect this information so that you are aware of any health issues your workers have and to monitor trends. It can be helpful when you introduce a new task or change an existing process.
What is health surveillance & health monitoring policy?
Policy Statement 1. Accountable persons must make sure that suitable occupational Health Surveillance and Health Monitoring guidance and advice, and where appropriate Health Surveillance and Health Monitoring services, are available to commanders, managers and personnel.
What is physical health monitoring?
Physical Health Monitoring also includes Point of Entry Urinalysis and Drug Screening, BM (glucose checks), swallowing difficulties, height and weight and calculating the Body Mass index (BMI) and discussing options available to help reduce their weight and the benefits of a healthy weight.
What is a health record?
A health record is a legal record of the outcome of health surveillance. Employers must keep them for all workers under health surveillance. They must be kept for at least the period specified in the relevant regulations, for example 40 years under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH).
What information should a health record contain?
Health records must contain information about the worker’s details, where they work, the hazards they have been exposed to and their fitness to continue to be exposed to those hazards. They should not contain confidential medical information unless you have the worker’s written consent.
What is health information & why is it important?
Health information is some of the most sensitive personal information you might process about your workers. The UK GDPR and the DPA 2018 (referred to here as data protection law) applies whenever you process information about your workers’ health.
Health Monitoring References
If you want to know more about Health Monitoring, consider exploring links below:
What Is Health Monitoring
- https://www.hse.gov.uk/health-surveillance/overview.htm
- https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/362/health-monitoring
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6601869065ca2fc1fa7da7f3/20240321_JSP_375_Chapter_14_Health_Surveillance_and_Health_Monitoring.pdf
- https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/ask-the-experts/monitor-health-at-home
- https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/CG50/ifp/chapter/Monitoring-your-health
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-england-approach-to-surveillance/public-health-england-approach-to-surveillance
- https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/monitoring-health-services
- https://www.nurses.co.uk/blog/physical-health-monitoring-in-an-inpatient-setting/
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