Harlow Occupational
Health Service

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About Us

Harlow Occupational Health Service has provided advice and services to companies and their employees in Harlow since 1955.

We have a staff of 16 people, including doctors, a physiotherapist, occupational health advisors and clerical support. The senior staff are :

• Debbie Watkins : Company Secretary
• Pamela Maynard RGN, DOHN, NEBOSH Cert : Occupational Health Manager
• Dr Anne Vanner MB, ChB, MRCGP, AFOM, GMC 0320979 : Senior Occupational Medical Officer
• Dr Aidan Challen MB, BCh, MRCP(UK), PhD, AFOM, GMC 1737062 : Senior Occupational Medical Officer

Stephen Taylor House

HOHS was founded in 1955, and so pre-dates the presence of a hospital in the town. We moved to purpose-built premises at Stephen Taylor House in 1992. The building includes consulting and screening rooms, a physiotherapy suite, and a fully equipped training room.

The building is located just off Edinburgh Way, so is convenient for the commercial and industrial areas of Harlow. Parking is usually available in our car park. Our Contact Us page has an online map.

Our building is named after the eminent occupational physician, MP and civil servant Stephen Taylor, who was Medical Director of HOHS, and in 1958 was created a life peer as Baron Taylor of Harlow. Harlow Occupational Health Service, and the Association of Group Occupational Health Services grew from his vision of a small occupational health facility in every industrial town.

The Physiotherapy Suite

We are a Registered Charity lead by a Board made up of representatives of our members. The current Board of Directors are :

• Adrian Archer (Chair), Harlow Chamber
• Mike Adams, Harlow Chamber
• John Hammett (Vice Chair), Robert Stuart plc
• Mike Yarrow, European Water Care
• Aggi Joannou, Battelle UK
• Dr H Rudra, BMA
• Dick Cook, Harlow Trades Council
• Simon Carter, Councilor
• Ken Patterson, Yule Catto Ltd

We are members of the Harlow and District Chamber of Commerce.

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