Setting up an occupational health service to support the military can pose a number of difficult challenges. Carolynne Davey discusses...
Occupational Health
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Focusing on the human aspects of employees is key to making them feel valued, say Dr Paul Stevens and Dr Ann...
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Managers require a certain level of knowledge when dealing with mental health. OH practitioners can provide the necessary support, says...
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Keeping track of technological advances could allow OH professionals to realise several efficiency improvements, says Nic Paton.It may have been driven...
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Constructing Better Health (CBH), the occupational health programme for the construction industry, has won £120,000 of funding from the Government...
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The Government has suggested that nearly 18 bakers a year succumb to occupational asthma through their exposure to flour dust.The figures...
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The reasons that people sign on to incapacity benefits are subject to large regional variations, latest research has concluded.A study...
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The latest figures from the Health and Safety Executive have shown that of the 28.5 million days lost to work-related...
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The CBI claims that fit notes have failed to deliver a reduction in sickness absence, with its publication of new absence figures...
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It is essential to identify the causes of work-related disorders for advisers to solve the problem. Body mapping is a...
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The Government White Paper and consultation on health is an opportunity for OH practitioners to influence the business agenda, says...
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The Atomic Weapons Establishment has become the latest big employer to join the Constructing Better Health occupational health scheme for...
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Nearly half of employers consider long-term sick leave to be a problem for their business, with more than a quarter...
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Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have welcomed a new approach to the development of wellbeing at work initiatives, reports Duncan Stephenson.In...
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The Government’s radical new public health strategy offers an opportunity to extend occupational health into primary care and improve links...