WARRINGTON-based occupational health and corporate health services provider PAM Group has launched a new specialist division.
The new division, Premier OH Solutions, is led by director Victoria Field and is aiming to achieve turnover of £1m next year and £2m by the
end of 2025.
Premier OH Solutions is focusing on helping small and medium-sized employers to
look after the health and wellbeing of their staff with a package of support.
This includes an employee assistance programme offering 24-hour access to trained
specialists to support staff with mental health issues and concerns over financial,
physical health and personal matters.
It also includes general occupational health services such as employee health
screening, fitness for work medicals, health surveillance, vaccinations, ill-health
retirement, absence management, physiotherapy, and neurodiversity advice,
guidance, training and equipment. Premier OH Solutions also runs webinars and
training courses, as well as in-person events.
It has signed up SMEs across a range of sectors, including retailing, education,
financial and professional services, manufacturing, creative and arts, and education.
Clients also include Premier League football clubs, marketing agencies, charities and
dental practices.
Victoria joined this summer to spearhead the launch of Premier OH Solutions and
leads a team of 10 staff, including clinicians, client services specialists and account
managers, with further recruitment under way.
She said Premier OH Solutions’ strategy is to help clients to reduce sickness
absence and keep their staff healthy and productive.
“There has never been a more urgent need for occupational health
services in the workplace, with the NHS delays we are witnessing alongside skills
shortages and the prevalence of ‘presenteeism’, whereby productivity is lost when
employees are not fully functioning because of illness, injury or another condition.
“Our package of support is designed to help clients increase productivity and
profitability. By creating a preventative healthcare programme, bringing positivity and
engagement, they will also be able to attract more candidates and improve staff
retention rates. The majority of employees say wellbeing support makes them less
likely to leave their job.
“Our experienced, multidisciplinary team is working with a growing number of
companies and organisations to deliver our suite of subscription products, while also
enabling them to access services from the wider PAM Group.
“The most important message to SMEs is that occupational health is
preventative medicine, and it is an employee benefit that applies to businesses of all
sizes. It’s something I am intensely passionate about.
“We are building our team to take our subscription model to more and more
companies to make a real difference.”
James Murphy, chief executive of PAM Group, said: “Victoria is a highly-focused and
driven professional with the right management and business skills to help lead the
growth of Premier OH Solutions.
“The combination of running her own business and her experience in the
occupational health field in a senior role make her the ideal person to implement our
ambitious expansion plans.”
PAM Group is a major provider of occupational health, health screening and
wellbeing services across the UK and Ireland. It offers a range of integrated services
to public and private sector clients, supporting more than a million employees at over
1,000 businesses and organisations.
