More than 90,000 workers self-reported catching Covid-19 at work during the past year, the majority in health and social work,...
Nic Paton
Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consulting editor of OHW+. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for OHW+ and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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Many fewer people recovering from heart operations or treatment participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes during 2020, the charity the British...
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SOM (the Society of Occupational Medicine) has launched guidance for occupational health professionals on carrying out health assessments within the...
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Digital overload, long hours and isolation – welcome back to home working
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs workers are this week once being encouraged to work from home ‘if you can’, research has highlighted that an...
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Drink, drugs and self-harming – health challenges in construction laid bare
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonUK construction workers are turning to drink, non-prescription drugs use and even self-harming because of high levels of mental distress,...
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The judges have deliberated and the scores are in… the winners of the Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards 2021 can...
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Occupational health professionals are being urged to be proactive in helping employers make the transition to the government’s ‘plan B’...
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The number of economically inactive 50-64-year-olds reached 3.5 million between July and September this year, with 1.3 million admitting they...
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An academic from Coventry University is leading a project to investigate how the shift to working from home we’ve seen...
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Managers still do not feel fully equipped to support disabled employees in the workplace, research has suggested.
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The government intends to set up a bespoke occupational health portal for social care providers to help them find out...
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People who have survived a severe bout of Covid-19 are more than twice as likely to die over the following...
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Far from being a genteel world of ‘dreaming spires’, working in higher education these days is marred by high-intensity demands...
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Depression, stress, anxiety, burnout, overwork and poor work-life balance are rife within universities, a damning report on staff wellbeing within...
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The government intends to bring in mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for all frontline NHS staff from next April. This is something...