Nic Paton
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OH&W Awards – ‘If directors buy into the strategy, you are going to have a much better success rate’
Winner of the ‘Best wellbeing initiative’ in last year’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards, Office Athletes has forged a close...
Talking toolkits: unpicking Covid-19 return-to-work advice for occupational health
With the UK now gradually reopening for business, organisations across the workplace health spectrum have been developing toolkits and resources...
Coronavirus: employers warned to remain vigilant following ‘super Saturday’
With lockdown restrictions in England set to ease further this weekend, the British Safety Council (BSC) has sounded a warning...
‘Huge swathes’ of doctors could quit following pandemic without mental health support
The government, NHS and private healthcare providers need to develop a plan to support the mental wellbeing and support of...
Psychiatrists highlight extent of Covid-19 neurological complications
A study of 153 patients treated in UK hospitals during the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic has illustrated the...
Study launched into value of remote physiotherapy
A study is being carried out to evaluate the value of remote physiotherapy consultations during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Chartered...
Charities call for national post-coronavirus ‘mental health renewal plan’
A coalition of charities has called on prime minister Boris Johnson to create a ‘mental health renewal plan’ for England...
Workplace health Green Paper now expected ‘later this year’
The government’s workplace health Green Paper is now expected to be published “later this year”, the Department for Work and...
Jean Raper: former chair, RCN Society of Occupational Health Nursing group
Jean Raper, former chair of the Royal College of Nursing’s Society of Occupational Health Nursing group, course leader at Sheffield...
SOM adds to coronavirus return-to-work guidance with mental health toolkit
SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has published a toolkit to help organisations and staff in managing work-relevant mental health...
Confusion over medical assessments leaving Northern Ireland HGV drivers ‘unable to work’
An anomaly over medical assessments has caused some HGV drivers in Northern Ireland to lose work during the coronavirus crisis,...
Employers could face legal threat if workers return and catch Covid-19, expert warns
Employers UK could risk facing legal action from employees who return to work and contract the Covid-19 virus, a health...
Constructing Better Health OH scheme to close, as Covid-19 takes its toll
The Constructing Better Health (CBH) occupational health scheme for the construction sector is being shut down, with the impact of...
Staff shortages pose ‘large threat’ to future of occupational health provision, report warns
The continuing shortage of qualified occupational health physicians and nurses poses “a potential large threat to the future of OH...
SOM return-to-work toolkit highlights OH leadership role post pandemic
With the focus within occupational health beginning to shift from the immediate healthcare challenges of managing Covid-19 to how workplaces...
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