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Staff Health and Wellbeing

The Staff Health and Wellbeing Department is committed to providing advice and support to all employees working within Milton Keynes University NHS Foundation Trust regarding Health, Safety and Wellbeing within their workplace.

Staff Health and Wellbeing advises employer and employees about ways to help safeguard your health at work, whilst still enabling you to perform your role or to help you return to work after an illness.

We also perform other roles e.g. health surveillance and a brief description of these can be found later on.

The Staff Health and Wellbeing department is a team of 13 staff members:

  • Rebecca (Becky) Bason – Head of Staff Health and Wellbeing – Responsible for the department’s management.
  • Dr Margaret Owolabi – Occupational Health Physician (two days per week only) – provides specialist medical advice, including: Complex sickness absence management, complex pre-employment assessments and manages Ill-Health retirement cases.
  • Luisa Pereira – Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner  provides a full range of clinical services and advice, including Pre-Employment screening, Sickness Absence management, venepuncture and immunisation clinics.
  • Audrey Taylor – Occupational Health Specialist Practitioner – provides a full range of clinical services and advice, including for Pre-Employment screening, Sickness Absence management venepuncture and immunisation clinics.
  • Paidrigin (Paddy) Nowlan- Occupational Health Advisor – provides a full range of clinical services including Sickness absence management, pre-employment assessments, as well as venepuncture and immunisation clinics.
  • Adekunle Solaru  –  Manual Handling and Ergonomics Lead Manual Handling training needs (including bespoke services) and Ergonomic assessments (DSE) and advice
  • Adam Byrne – MSK Physiotherapist  assessment and delivery of the physiotherapy service to staff working within the Trust
  • Lee Downes – Staff Workplace Advisor – Provides advice and support to staff, in relation to reasonable adjustments in the workplace
  • Emily Morrow – Occupational Health Technician –Provides a range of services including Health surveillance, Health promotion, as well as Immunisation and vaccination clinics
  • Shobhana Shanmugavel – Occupational Health Technician – Provides a range of services including Health surveillance, Health promotion, as well as Immunisation and vaccination clinics
  • Alison Cook – SHWB Administration Supervisor – provides full secretarial support to the department and leads the administration team.
  • Dhanashri Vijapurkar, and Claire Grant – Receptionist/Administrator – administrate all contacts and activities within the service, including appointments, queries, screening and referrals.

Departmental lead

Rebecca Bason

Contact Number

01908 995 255

Location

Yellow Zone - Level 3

Car Park

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Visiting hours

Monday - Friday: 8am - 4:30pm

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