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Department of Health and HSE back pain initiative distributes up to £50,000 among 19 workplace projects
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The Department of Health’s chief nurse has called for OH advisers to audit their own services before their employers do it for them. "It is important that occupational health nurses …
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The UKCC has designed a new employer information leaflet aimed at gaining assistance for OH nurses in their Prep duties. Employers and Prep stresses the importance of employers checking the …
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At least 90,000 people die a year in the UK from smoking-related diseases, compared with 5,000 who die on the roads. This shocking statistic comes from How to Stop Smoking …
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The Government seeks smoking cessation advice from OH departments to aid its £2.5m national Smoking Kills research
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The Government’s chief nurse Sarah Mullally has called for OH nurses to take an active role in the developing public health agenda. "Occupational health nurses need a vision of how …
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Round-up of news from the professional journals Nurses carry costs Nurses are paying for research projects out of their own pockets because of underfunding, according to RCN general secretary Christine …
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With the globalisation of businesses taking staff further afield in their jobs, travel health has become a growing area of work for OH advisers. Our resource guide provides some useful information sources
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Answering the HSE’s call to raise the profile of occupational health, gas utility Transco called in OH provider Liberty to come up with solutions
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their practice. There are many ways to address CPD: formally, …
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Studies show many people are happier in the workplace than they are at home. Philip Whiteley reports on how the ‘corporate village’ could cause divisions in society The revelation that …
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Skills development should be a shared responsibility between the state, employer and employee, says Education and Employment Secretary David Blunkett In its latest report, the Skills Task Force highlighted a …
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This week’s guru column • It’s a cruel world out there in minimum wage land, particularly among the burger-flippers who work in the trendier parts of London, as David Klassen …
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The recent Vodaphone-Mannesmann merger, which created the world’s fourth largest business, has been described as formally marking the end of the industrial age and the real beginning of the information …
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This brave new – electronic – world of business calls for a new breed of HR professional with a new set of skills. Here’s our guide to the qualities that …