The Background to Harlow Occupational Health Service.
We were set up
in 1955 by the Nuffield Provincial
Hospitals Trust to provide a medical service to the industry growing up in
Harlow New Town. This pre-dated the existence of a District General
Hospital in the area. Initially the service operated out of a temporary
building donated by Wimpy.
The first proper building was Edinburgh House opened 28/10/58. This was replaced in the nineties by Stephen Taylor House opened on 26/2/92 by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex Admiral Sir Andrew Lewis KCB, JP. It was named after the eminent occupational physician Lord Stephen Taylor who had had a close association with the service. He had a vision of a small facility in every industrial town. The Association of Group Occupational Health Services grew out of this.
We continue as a charity, administered by a board made up of representatives of our member companies.
The board:
 | Adrian Archer - Chairman, Beard & Fitch Ltd |
| Karen Cracknell- Vice Chair Harlow Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Mike Yarrow, HARCO |
| Dr H Rudra, BMA |
| Dick Cook, Harlow Trades Council |
| Daphne Pennick, Councillor |
| Tim Page, Clement Clarke |
| John Hammett, Robert Stuart |
| David Page, Cert Group |
| Carol Hamilton, Pearson Education |
| Cllr Ian Jackson |
| Mick Andrews, Pitney Bowes |
| Andrew Elborn, Exel - Comet |
Staff:
| Debbie Watkins - Company Secretary and Administrator |
| Pamela Maynard - Occupational Health Manager |
| Dr Anne Vanner - Senior Occupational Medical Officer |
| Dr David Bulpitt - Senior Occupational Medical Officer |
| Supported by a team of nurses, physiotherapists and secretarial/administrative staff |