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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
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Cardiac waits hit a grim new record high

    by Nic Paton 21 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 21 May 2024

    NHS heart and cardiac care waits in England have hit another grim record high, according to the charity the British...

    • Fit for Work
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Occupational Health

    Alcohol harm costing England £27bn a year

    by Nic Paton 21 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 21 May 2024

    Alcohol harm costs England £27.4bn a year, and this cost has risen 40% since 2003.

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Poor mental health costing £51bn, fuelled by growing presenteeism

    by Nic Paton 20 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 May 2024

    The cost to employers of poor mental health is now £51bn a year, research has calculated, a decline on what...

    • Cardiac
    • Sickness absence management
    • Obesity

    Weight-loss drug can also bring heart health benefits – study

    by Nic Paton 20 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 May 2024

    The weight loss drug semaglutide also delivers heart health and cardiovascular benefits, irrespective of a patient’s starting weight or the...

    • Fit for Work
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Occupational Health

    Half a million more women leave work because of sickness

    by Nic Paton 14 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 14 May 2024

    More than half a million more women have fallen out of the workplace because of sickness and ill health over...

    • Cancer
    • Sickness absence management
    • Occupational Health

    One in four workers with cancer will keep diagnosis secret

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2024

    One in four employees with cancer will keep the diagnosis to themselves because they feel unable to talk about their...

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Mental Health Awareness Week: Half of workers with burnout struggle alone

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2024

    More than half of workers struggling with burnout do so alone research for this week's Mental Health Awareness Week finds.

    • Sickness absence management
    • Obesity
    • Occupational Health

    People with obesity take more sick days – research

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2024

    People with obesity are more likely to take more sick days off work than those of a healthy weight, according research.

    • Research
    • Cardiac
    • Health surveillance

    Study links ‘forever chemicals’ with cardiovascular deaths

    by Nic Paton 8 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 May 2024

    Researchers have linked exposure to ‘forever chemicals’, or PFAS, and a heightened risk of cardiovascular disease.

    • Mental health conditions
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Royal college calls for more support around postpartum psychosis

    by Nic Paton 8 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 May 2024

    Between 600 and 1,200 mothers experience postpartum psychosis each year in England and Wales, a royal college has warned.
    The...

    • Depression
    • Mental health conditions
    • Reproductive health

    Women 40% more likely to experience depression during perimenopause

    by Nic Paton 7 May 2024
    by Nic Paton 7 May 2024

    Women are 40% more likely to experience depression in the perimenopause than those who aren’t experiencing any menopausal symptoms.

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Call for action over ‘alarming’ Scotland drink-related deaths

    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 30 Apr 2024

    The rate of drink-related deaths in Scotland is still the highest in the UK, official figures on alcohol and health have shown.

    • Disability
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Third with multiple sclerosis ‘too embarrassed’ to seek help

    by Nic Paton 29 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Apr 2024

    More than a third of people living with multiple sclerosis have avoided seeking help because of feeling embarrassed.

    • Respiratory
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Asthma care ‘in crisis’ with preventable deaths still happening

    by Nic Paton 29 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Apr 2024

    More than 12,000 people have died from asthma attacks since 2014, with a report warning that asthma care is now "in crisis".

    • Climate emergency
    • Global mobility
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Changing climate causing mosquito-borne diseases to expand rapidly

    by Nic Paton 26 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 26 Apr 2024

    Climate change is meaning mosquito-borne diseases, such as malaria and dengue, are expanding rapidly, with more than half the world’s...

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