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Episode 11: The future is bright, says IOSH chief executive

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CPDVanessa Harwood-Whitcher, IOSH's chief executive, talks to IOSH magazine about her first six months in the job, how OSH practitioners have earned the recognition they deserve thanks to Covid, and why we should all be optimistic about the future.

 

 

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