Occupational Health & Associated Services

The University has awarded a contract to a health service provider to manage a consultant led Occupational Health Screening service for approximately 460 Healthcare students. The health screening programme will be delivered to students that study specific courses within the Cardiff School of Sport and Health Science (CSSHS). The courses that require participation in an occupational health screening programme are as follows: - BSc Healthcare Science - BSc Human Nutrition & Dietetics - BSc Podiatry - BSc Speech & Language Therapy - MSc/PgDip Dietetics - BSc Complementary Healthcare (with Practitioner Status) Level 6 top up - BSc Dental Technology The following services are currently provided by the incumbent provider: - screening services, - the delivery of inoculation programmes for students on the programmes listed above, - the provision of an ad hoc vaccination service for students not enrolled on the above programmes but where a placement provider and / or the school has advised that it is a requirement, - at the University’s request, the provision of an ad hoc referral service following a change to students’ occupational health status. The following vaccinations must be delivered as part of this requirement: - Hepatitis A (BSc Healthcare Science students only) - Hepatitis B - MMR - Chicken Pox - Typhoid (BSc Healthcare Science – infection pathway students only – year 2 of study) - Diphtheria (BSc Healthcare Science – infection pathway students only – year 2 of study) - Other vaccines as required by NHS placement providers - BCG (this can be outsourced by the service provider to a third party if necessary) It is a desirable requirement of the contract that the following vaccination is also delivered by the service provider: - Influenza (from academic year September 2023. Influenza vaccinations are not required for Dental students)