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<p>We have not made an assessment which would specifically address this question.
However, we know that the number of specialist occupational health physicians has
steadily declined over the past two decades.</p><p> </p><p>A report from the All Party
Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health highlighted the need to address
occupational medicine workforce capacity. A 2016 report from the Council for Work
and Health also highlighted similar findings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working
with its Occupational Health Expert Group to shape measures to improve access to high
quality occupational health. This includes looking at the occupational health workforce
to ensure sufficient expert capacity is available in the future. Health Education
England, through its National School of Occupational Health, has also been involved
in this work.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out our proposals in a consultation exercise
in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have also commissioned research to better understand the
current market supply and delivery structures of OH provision and its operation. Findings
are due to be published in 2019.</p><p> </p>
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