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  About Us

Serving the East of England, the Occupational Health and Safety Consortium (OHSC) is a regional partnership, which includes occupational health and safety specialists from the private sector and from occupational health departments at Addenbrooke's, Ipswich and Norfolk & Norwich NHS Trusts.

Organisational Management of Risk, Health, Safety and Performance

Our purpose is to provide support to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), public sector and other non-commercial organisations who are seeking to control and minimise (or eliminate) the risks posed by actual or potential workplace illness and injury.

The Consortium's multi-disciplinary expertise is available to organisations regardless of size or sector. Our teams comprise senior consultants, trained nurses and experienced advisory staff, all of whom have a successful track record of problem solving and innovation on a wide variety of workplace health and safety projects.

Advisory Group and Principal Consultants

Dr Peter Baxter

Dr Peter Baxter MD MSc FRCP FFOM

Peter Baxter is an accredited specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

He spent time with the Health and Safety Executive and the Centers for Disease Control, USA, before becoming Consultant Occupational Physician at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital in 1986.

He also has a research and teaching role as a member of the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the Institute of Public Health on the Addenbrooke's site.

 

Dr Peter Baxter

Greg Brown BSc(Hons) DSH MIOSH MIPlantE MaPS RSP

Greg is a former District Health and Safety Adviser for Cambridge Health Authority and a past HM Inspector of Health and Safety with the HSE.

He has an Honours degree as a postgraduate Diploma in Health and Safety, 18 years experience in the public and private sectors including being an HSE Inspector.

Since 1995 he has been Principal Consultant and Managing Director of human Technology Systems Ltd. He is currently President of the Association of Planning Supervisors.

 

Dr Sally Coomber

Dr Sally Coomber MBBS MFOM

Sally Coomber has been an Accredited Specialist in Occupational Medicine since 1998 and is currently Director of Suffolk Occupational Health, based in Ipswich.

She has wide experience of working with public and private sector employers and heads up a team, which provides flexible and tailor-made occupational health services to a range clients.

 

Dr Robin Farman

Dr Robin Farman MBBS MFOM

Robin is an Accredited Specialist in Occupation Medicine and Consultant at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Trust, where he heads a team of Occupational Health Nurse Advisors and Doctors.

Prior to embarking on a medical career he gained more than ten years industrial experience with a variety of leading UK manufacturing companies.

Through his occupational health work he has established good working relationships with General Practitioners in the Region and with a range of specialists in the Hospital.

 

Andy Gillies

Andy Gillies MSc, FBIOH, ROH

Andy Gilles is a Senior Occupational Hygienist and Environmental Consultant with 20 years practice experience.

Following an extensive career in industry, first with the British Steel Corporation and then with The Dow Chemical Company, he established an independent consultancy practice, which now works with a wide range of clients from the manufacturing and service sectors offering particular expertise in the areas of chemicals handling, engineering and metallurgy.

Andy holds MSc's in both Occupational Hygiene and Environmental Management and is a Fellow and past-President of the British Institute of Occupational Hygienists (BIOH).

He is a Registered Occupational Hygienist with BIOH and a registered environmental auditor with the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA).

 

Dr Jean Hammond

Dr Jean Hammond MA PhD

Jean Hammond is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist. After a period as a lecturer in Experimental Design and Statistics, she spent three years as an Applied Psychologist employed by the University of Natal.

In 1988 she established a specialist consultancy in Cambridge to encourage changes in the way people use psychology in business from an occupational tool to an organisational tool.

In 2001 she became Chief Executive of Cambridge Cognition, a leading edge company which helps employers to eliminate or modify aspects of the working environment which may inhibit cognitive functioning.

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