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Dr. Tom O'Connell
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The Office of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) which incorporates the Civil Service Occupational Health Department (CSOHD) provides an occupational health service and policy input for the Civil Service across 53 Government Departments / Agencies and 14 prisons nationwide. This includes pre-employment medicals, assisting sickness absence management, ill health retirement assessments, workplace health issues, Critical Illness Pay advice, discounting of sick leave and COVID risk assessments. A major area of work are preventative health surveillance programmes such as hearing checks and also preventative immunisation programmes.
The CMO provides policy advice / input on all work and health issues to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Civil Service People Managers Network, Chief State Solicitors Office, State Claims Agency, Office of Government Procurement and other areas of public sector as required. Advice is also provided to Department of Education and Science on Teachers Occupational Health Service.