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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.

    • Fit for Work
    • Cardiac
    • Health surveillance

    NHS Health Checks ‘not working’ and need reform, says NAO

    by Nic Paton 15 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Nov 2024

    The government’s spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has called for a review of NHS Health Checks, as the...

    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer
    • Health surveillance

    NHS mobile lung cancer screening has detected more than 5K cases

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024

    More than 5,000 people in England have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier thanks to the NHS’s targeted Lung Health...

    • Fit for Work
    • Health surveillance
    • Respiratory

    Lung health neglect fuelling ‘staggering’ hospital admissions, warns charity

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024

    Years of lung health neglect is suffocating the NHS, with a ‘staggering’ 1.7 million admissions to hospitals in England last...

    • Fit for Work
    • Disability
    • Mental health conditions

    Government to link ‘good’ work to good health within employment reforms

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024

    The government has emphasised the links between ‘good’ work and good health as it prepares to publish a white paper...

    • Dementia
    • Carers
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Dementia carers often left feeling isolated and alone – poll

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024

    Thousands of people caring for loved ones with dementia are being left to cope alone, a poll has suggested.
    The...

    • Fit for Work
    • Disability
    • Stroke

    Trial to study post-stroke rehabilitation therapy

    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Nov 2024

    A trial will test the efficacy of a therapy designed to mitigate the effects of a disabling post-stroke condition that...

    • Fit for Work
    • Disability
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    One in four workers now classed as disabled – ONS

    by Nic Paton 8 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Nov 2024

    Nearly one in four of the working-age population is classed as disabled, according to latest data.
    The figures from the...

    • Fit for Work
    • Mental health conditions
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Women’s workplace health still ‘in crisis’, warns BOHS

    by Nic Paton 8 Nov 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Nov 2024

    Work-related illness among women is facing a worsening crisis and continues to be inadequately addressed, employers have been warned.
    The...

    • Benefits
    • Artificial intelligence
    • OH education and training

    AI wellbeing tools ‘mustn’t replace human touch’

    by Nic Paton 25 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Oct 2024

    Nic Paton reports on a discussion about AI in workplace health and wellbeing held at last week’s MAD World Festival.

    • Benefits
    • OH education and training
    • Health surveillance

    Purchasing OH needs to be about ‘how does this align?’

    by Nic Paton 22 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Oct 2024

    Buyers and purchasers of occupational health and wellbeing products and services need to retain a healthy scepticism of what salespeople...

    • Fit for Work
    • OH education and training
    • OH service delivery

    Institutional change key to healthy, happy workplaces – poll

    by Nic Paton 21 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 21 Oct 2024

    Institutional change rather than individual interventions is the key to unlocking a healthy, happy and productive workforce, delegates agreed at...

    • Fit for Work
    • Health surveillance
    • OH service delivery

    RSPH calls for a universal ‘right to a healthy workplace’

    by Nic Paton 21 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 21 Oct 2024

    Nearly half of the UK workforce, or more than 10 million people, is without access to essential health support, such...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Mental health conditions

    Government launches ‘national conversation’ on future of NHS

    by Nic Paton 21 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 21 Oct 2024

    Health secretary Wes Streeting has urged the public, clinicians and experts all to submit ideas for the future shape of...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Two-thirds of hospitality workers stressed, with most also unable to switch off

    by Nic Paton 14 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 14 Oct 2024

    Nearly two-thirds of UK hospitality workers (65%) say they experience stress at work, with most (95%) also unable to switch...

    • Fit for Work
    • Financial wellbeing
    • Health surveillance

    Third of retirees considering returning to work – poll

    by Nic Paton 14 Oct 2024
    by Nic Paton 14 Oct 2024

    Nearly a third (29%) of retirees say they are considering a return to paid work as living costs rise, according...

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