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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
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Women experience burnout more than men – report

    by Nic Paton 29 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Jul 2024

    More women than men experience burnout, and report lower financial resilience, according to a poll.
    The survey of 1,020 people...

    • Financial wellbeing
    • Mental health conditions
    • Sickness absence management

    Employers still too often overlooking financial wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 29 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Jul 2024

    Employers are too often prioritising support for mental (72%) and physical (45%) wellbeing at the expense of financial health, even...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Workers want health and safety laws updated to reflect changing workplace

    by Nic Paton 23 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 23 Jul 2024

    More than nine out of 10 workers (94%) believe health and safety legislation needs to be overhauled and updated to...

    • Fit for Work
    • Mental health conditions
    • OH service delivery

    Two-thirds of employees never referred to occupational health

    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024

    More than two-thirds of employees (70%) have never been referred to occupational health by their employer, with half of employers...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Mental health training linked to better business performance – study

    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Jul 2024

    Mental health training for line managers is strongly linked to better business performance, and could save companies millions of pounds...

    • Ergonomics
    • Health and safety
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Noisy work environments cause mental and physical tiredness

    by Nic Paton 16 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Jul 2024

    Nearly three quarters of UK workers say working in a noisy work environment makes them mentally tired.

    • Mental health conditions
    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    Having control over working patterns improves wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 16 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Jul 2024

    Giving workers input and control over their working patterns results in improved wellbeing and job satisfaction.

    • Health surveillance
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Seven out of 10 would value workplace health ‘MOTs’

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2024

    Seven out of 10 employees would welcome being able to access health ‘MOTs’ through their workplace, a survey has suggested....

    • Conditions
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management

    Drug for headaches is also effective against chronic migraine – study

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2024

    A drug to treat headaches, atogepant, is also effective at decreasing migraine days in adults with chronic migraine, research has...

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Three-quarters experiencing burnout, with a quarter going off sick

    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2024

    More than three-quarters of workers (77%) have experienced one or more symptoms of burnout in the past 12 months, and...

    • Depression
    • Mental health conditions
    • Occupational Health

    Half of antidepressant users could quit medication with GP support

    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024

    Nearly half of long-term antidepressant users would be able to quit their medication with better GP support and access to...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    A million fit notes issued for mental ill health last year

    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024
    by Nic Paton 1 Jul 2024

    More than one million fit notes for mental and behavioural disorders were issued by the NHS last year, according to...

    • Mental health conditions
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Rising sickness forcing more employers to invest in workplace health

    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2024

    Spiralling sickness absence is spurring more employers to recognise they may need to invest in workplace health support, with more...

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health

    UK cancer survival rates now lagging decades behind Europe

    by Nic Paton 24 Jun 2024
    by Nic Paton 24 Jun 2024

    The UK is lagging decades behind other countries when it comes to cancer survival rates, a charity has warned.
    The...

    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    One million low-paid workers feel forced into work when ill

    by Nic Paton 24 Jun 2024
    by Nic Paton 24 Jun 2024

    More than a million UK workers feel forced to work when ill, with such presenteeism largely the result of being...

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