Health and safety law requires health surveillance for some health risks. Health surveillance is a scheme of repeated health checks which are used to identify ill health caused by work. Health and safety law requires health surveillance when your workers remain exposed to health risks after you have put controls in place. Health risks which require health surveillance include noise, vibration and substances hazardous to health. Visit our web guidance on health surveillance, which includes advice on: - Managing the risk
- Consulting workers about health surveillance
- Understanding what type of health surveillance your business needs
- Setting up a health surveillance scheme
- Acting on the results of health surveillance
Employers are required by law to prevent physical and mental ill health in workers that may occur as a result of your business activities. An important part of occupational health is concerned with how work and the work environment can impact on workers' health, both physical and mental. There are things you must do to make sure workers' health is not adversely affected by their work and that workers are medically fit to carry out their work safely. Our occupational health step guide will help you to know exactly what your duties are. You can subscribe for free email updates on a wide range of health and safety topics and industries. Sign up to our Weekly Digest, HSE's weekly bulletin that delivers a range of topical health and safety news and information, as well as links to the latest guidance and advice, straight to your inbox. In addition we have over 50 different specific sector and topic bulletins to choose from. View the list of topics and subscribe. | 
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