(formerly known as The Willow Centre)

Contact: Box 172, Tel: 01223 216 767 or 216 827 (hospital extension 2767); Fax 01223 217 395

The Cambridge Centre for Occupational Health at Addenbrooke’s is a clinical department, and provides a comprehensive occupational health service for its staff. The professional team is headed by accredited specialists in the field of occupational medicine. We also provide a service to local business and industry, generating income for Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Mission statement:

‘Dedicated to promote, improve and maintain health in the workplace’.

Services provided:

For both the NHS and business clients, we provide the following services:

  • Ergonomic advice

  • Pre-employment health assessment

  • Advice following needlestick or contamination incident

  • Crisis counselling

  • Immunisations

  • First aid at work training; Health and Safety (HSE) approved

  • Monitoring of the work environment

  • Vision screening

  • Advice on workstation assessments

  • Health surveillance for appropriate groups of staff

  • Advice on sickness absence, rehabilitation and premature retirement on grounds of ill-health

  • Workplace visits

  • Health promotion

  • Well woman and well man Screening

  • Executive medical screening

Referring information

  • If you are an Addenbrooke’s employee:
    You can self-refer at any time to our confidential service by telephoning extension 2767 and asking to see an occupational health adviser. We will advise and support you regarding any work-related health problem.

  • If you are an Addenbrooke’s manager:
    You can refer any of your staff after discussion with them, by completing an Occupational Health referral form, which is available from Human Resources.

  • If you are a local business, or are self-employed:
    You can telephone the Business Manager (Tel: 01223 216 827) for full details of our service.

  • If you are a general practitioner (GP):
    We can provide an NHS occupational health medical opinion for NHS patients. In addition, we can provide a service for your own staff. Please contact the Business Manager (Tel: 01223 216 827) for further details.

 Key contacts:

  • Consultant Physician in Occupational Medicine: Dr Peter Baxter

  • Business Manager: Viv Werrett

How to find us:

From the main concourse, follow a route past Barclay's Bank, out of the 'back entrance' of the Hospital. The Centre is on the ground floor of the building that houses the Education Centre and Psychiatric Unit, which is opposite the Dialysis Centre. (If you park in visitor's Car Park J, it will be quicker to walk through the car park towards the signs for occupational health rather than go to the main concourse first).

Patient information:

Leaflets are available from the Centre on the following Occupational Health and other issues:

  • Latex allergy - 'More than skin deep'

  • Glove selection (Latex policy) - 'Which glove for which task?'

  • Display-screen assessments

  • Stress-management programmes

  • First aid at work

  • Well man and well woman screening

  • Executive screening

Relevant links on other websites:

  • NHS Plus: Bringing good health to your business: www.nhsplus.nhs.uk
    This is a network of NHS occupational health departments that sell occupational health services to the private sector. Their particulalr focus is small and medium sized businesses but between them they have a very wide range of skills and experience.

  • Back in Work campaign: www.nhs.uk/backinwork
    To combat sickness absence in the NHS due to back pain.

For further information contact: The Cambridge Centre for Occupational Health, Box 172, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ; Tel 01223 216 767 or 216 827 (hospital extension 2767); Fax 01223 217 395.

 
Last updated: 5 April 2005
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