Prestigious Occupational Health Award

Park Health, a joint venture between Sypol Ltd, part of the Alcumus Group and Duradiamond Healthcare, who provide the occupational health function of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games construction project, has won the Astor Trophy, the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health Award for 2011.

The Astor Trophy was presented at a ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the National Exhibition Centre, on Wednesday, May 18, 2011.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), a safety charity, launched its awards programme 55 years ago. The scheme looks not only at accident records, but also entrants’ overarching health and safety management systems, including important practices such as strong leadership and workforce involvement.

David Rawlins, RoSPA’s awards manager, said: “RoSPA firmly believes that organisations that have demonstrated their commitment to continuous improvement in accident and ill health prevention deserve recognition. Park Health has shown that it is committed to striving for such continuous improvement and we are delighted to honour it through the presentation of an award.”

Karen Baxter, Director of Ill Health Prevention Services at Park Health said: “We are delighted to receive the Astor Trophy because it recognises the work we’ve been doing to integrate a focus on the workplace to prevent exposures that lead to disease with a more traditional worker-centric service.”

Park Health’s preventative occupational health management strategy integrates a focus on the workplace, led by occupational hygienists, to prevent exposures that lead to disease with a more traditional worker-focused treatment service, together with a wellbeing programme that engages both managers and operational staff.