Mission statement
The Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine aspires to be the UK’s leading specialist centre for the investigation, management and prevention of occupational and environmental lung diseases.
Our core values:
- Compassionate, effective and inclusive interdisciplinary care and support for patients who have, or may have, occupational or environmental lung diseases;
- Sharing our knowledge across the UK to raise awareness of occupational lung disease through education and training, so that what we learn can help patients everywhere;
- Recognising the importance of partnerships with our occupational health colleagues in industry, and the support we give them in the interests of patients;
- Ensuring our staff feel valued, and proud of their work;
- Being at the forefront of current and emerging occupational respiratory hazards by utilising our clinical, research and laboratory expertise.
