In S5 E7 I am delighted to welcome Dr Chris Edmond to the podcast. Dr Edmond is an occupational medicine physician based in Jersey. He is the Medical Director of WorkHealth (Channel Islands) Ltd, the Channel Islands’ only dedicated occupational health provider, and also holds Non-Executive Directorships at several non-profit organisations in the field of health and wellbeing in Jersey. Before qualifying in medicine in 2011, Chris worked in a variety of roles including strategy manager for a corporate bank, service improvement manager in the NHS, ran a web-design business and worked as a mental health support worker in East London, giving a him a relatively unique perspective on the drivers of health and health equity. Chris is passionate about applying public health and whole-systems lenses to his work in occupational health, and sees the workplace as a key driver of both good and poor health. He believes that by leveraging a preventative health approach in the workplace employers can be a key player in solving the nations health, productivity and wellbeing challenges. 
       I have been following Chris's work and reading his regular column for some time now. In this conversation we discuss his professional background, his current work and role as an occupational physician including the holistic scope of occupational medicine considering and caring for individuals in the context of their work and lives.  We discuss data and implementation science with respect to evidence-based practice in occupational medicine and work-place health interventions, wider governance, policy and leadership across the occupational environment before turning the lens on our clinical colleagues and the potential value occupational physicians could contribute going forward.
      Chris's passion, and purpose-driven quest to improve health, wellbeing and professional fulfilment for everyone in the workplace and beyond permeates this entire conversation. I felt energised by our conversation but Chris acknowledges the challenges and pitfalls of advocating and agitating for positive change and progress. His call to action is one of courage, collaboration and humility. Thank you Chris for the work that you do.

Links/References:
Dr Chris Edmond
https://x.com/chrismedmond
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-edmond-767271154/
https://www.workhealth.je/about/

https://whatworkswellbeing.org

Reading recommendations :
https://www.triarchypress.net/the-whitehall-effect.html

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317935/everybody-matters-by-bob-chapman-and-raj-sisodia/

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