Half of employees say they have cried because of work issues, and 58% have considered quitting their job as a...
Nic Paton

Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consultant editor at Personnel Today. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for Personnel Today and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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Some 37,000 people off work because of long-term sickness have successfully been removed from NHS waiting lists and helped back...
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One in four young people considering leaving work because of mental ill health
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs many as one in four young people have considered leaving the workforce in the past year, with mental ill...
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‘Significant’ gap between what employers and employees expect from health benefits
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThere is a “significant” gap in perceptions and expectations around health and wellbeing benefits between employers and employees, a survey...
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People with mental ill health need to be better supported at work rather than “written off”, the Society of Occupational...
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As many as one in seven NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of...
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More than one in 10 organisations (13%) have been involved in employment tribunals relating to neurodiversity, worrying new research has...
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Long hours, irregular shift patterns, stress and anxiety are all making it harder for workers to maintain healthy eating habits,...
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The scrapping of NHS England raises questions over the training of healthcare workers in critical areas such as infection control and hospital-acquired infections.
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A fifth of bereaved employees (21%) would have liked more time off to manage and work through their grief.
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A more proactive approach to employee health could prevent 100,000 people from falling out of work over the next five...
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Mental health: Five years on from pandemic, younger generations still struggling
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonFive years on from the Covid-19 pandemic, its impact on mental health and wellbeing is still being felt, especially on...
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The government is to roll out work coaches to enable more people out of work because of sickness or disability to regain access to employment.
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Employers need to be better at recognising, and supporting, the differing physical and mental health needs of women throughout their...
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Half of adults globally set to be obese or overweight by 2050, warns shocking new study
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonMore than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by...