A new single organisation
There was an earlier query regarding a new single organisation – There is a linked in site from which I cut and paste the information below:
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&discussionID=5796762285695336448&gid=7404496&commentID=5837254178958774272&trk=view_disc&fromEmail=&ut=1SnZ5UuZ20XC41
The idea is that there would be one single organisation for all health professionals working in 'health and work' - the name has to be decided. The faculties would sit under this and deal with the areas that are specific to that professional group - so a faculty of medicine, a faculty for nurses etc
So -
A Board of Trustees and Executive Committee govern this structure, which includes Departments, Faculties, Special Interest Groups and Regions.
Departments would undertake many of the functions that are currently undertaken by both the Faculty and Society (the areas of overlap – for example events and CPD; national representation; finance; membership administration and communications)
Faculties would include a faculty of occupational medicine and potentially, (if wanted), individual faculties for other professional groups such as nurses, physiotherapists etc. The faculties would be responsible for those areas that are specific to that professional group, for example specialist qualifications, standard setting revalidation and linking to regulators and relevant professional bodies.
Regional Groups could be similar to the regional structure currently offered by the Society and provide a unique, relevant, and lively forum for CPD and multidisciplinary networking with colleagues at a local level. The new structure can include a mechanism for regional group nominees to be represented.
Special Interest Groups would provide occupational health doctors, nurses, and AHPs with shared interests meaningful networking opportunities, specific education and, if appropriate, the ability to contribute to position papers or act as an advocate or voice for that area of work. They could be for a particular area such as healthcare or transport, or for a particular group such as trainees. They could also be either on-going or be formed to respond to a time specific issue.
Hope this all makes sense - the idea is to have one organisation with different groups within it that meet individuals needs - so for example a nurse might be a member of the new single org (name to be decided); + a member of the Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing - this would deal with revalidation etc + involved in any number of special interest groups (e.g NHS, Aviation medicine etc - depending on where they worked.
Anne
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