Hi All I have identified some employees that need to have health surveillance (lung function and hearing). My query is that I have searched for Occ Health providers and one has stated that they can come to site and carry out both tests - all they need is a quiet space / room. My only experience with hearing tests is where they have been carried out in a booth. Does anyone know if it is possible carry out this test correctly outside of a sealed booth? Also apart from identifying that the nurses are registered is there any other way of confirming that a service provider is competent? This company is a member of COHPA - Commerical Occupational Health Providers Association. I have not heard of this group? Can anyone validate this association or recommend any other bodies that a competent Occ Health Provider may belong to? Thanks in Advance Rich

HSE now recommend that OH providers are accredited to the FOM quality standard. Many havn't heard of it but you can find details via a search on HSE webpage or FOM webpage. They also recommend that clients need to be 'competent consumers', i.e. to be able to discern good from poor quality provision. If you can't find information anywhere else there are a couple of presentations on HSE Scotland webpage from a meeting in Inverness in March, one by an HSE OH Nurse, one by myself.

Hi all thanks for the responses. cheers Rich