OH should play key role in public health.

The article focuses on the response by the National Health Service (NHS) Plus to the British government's white paper "Healthy Lives, Healthy People" in which it stated the potential role of occupational health (OH) in helping to address public health messages in 2011. The NHS Plus suggested that the proposed Public Health England service by the government should create a line of workplace implementation that connects OH with primary care. Also noted is the possible function of workplaces as a means of conveying subtle health messages.