I am delighted to announce the launch of OccHealth Direct this month!
This has been the product of huge preparation and planning and a clear vision. The aim of the game isn’t to “compete” or “disrupt” or do any of those other business buzzwords we hear so much of these days; but actually to address a gap in OH service provision in the UK.
What am I talking about? I’m referring to the few very large players who deliver fantastic services and outcomes and yet whose focus is in the larger contractual customers so risking leaving the many thousands of SMEs, who may not want the full panoply of a service contract, without much needed support. I am also talking about the small, local OH providers who fulfill a vital role in their locality most often on a face to face basis, but can’t overcome the immediacy of their location to serve SME’s who may have multiple locations.
So…it dawned on me that there was a gap in provision in the UK’s OH market. Direct, telephone-based services backed up with an online interface, to whoever wanted them, whether as a contractual partner or a company looking for a one off. Now you can’t conduct a medical or a drug and alcohol test by telephone or video of course, so its just as well we at OccHealth aren’t trying to!
Our focus is on supporting you wherever you are in the British Isles or even ROI in getting your staff back to work as quickly, safely and inexpensively as possible. Telephone/video allows us to be nimble and address your problems fast, saving those days and weeks that can be lost to the industry’s current reliance on face to face. Talk to any occupational health professional and they’ll tell you so much of what they do can be done by telephone or even video. Have your doubts? Consider the counselling industry or EAP or even NHS 111. All depend on telephone services and generally operate with great success.
So we are here not to “compete” or “disrupt”, but to complete the market; to deliver ease and responsiveness where it is sorely needed, and to say we are excited by our calling would be something of an understatement. We cannot wait to make the difference to you and your employees and become the go-to to the many, many organisations out there, who for too long, have fallen into the cracks in the UK’s occupational health market.
Scott Hegley
Director
OccHealth Direct Ltd