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Nic Paton is consulting editor of OHW+. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for OHW+ and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.

    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety
    • Sickness absence management

    Work-related deaths and ill health still ‘unacceptably high’, warns IOSH

    by Nic Paton 17 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 17 Nov 2023

    Health and safety professionals need to tackle “unacceptably high” numbers of work-related deaths, the new president of IOSH has said.

    • Occupational Health

    FOHN launches OH nursing accreditation scheme

    by Nic Paton 17 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 17 Nov 2023

    The Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing (FOHN) has formally launched its occupational health nursing accreditation scheme.

    The voluntary nursing accreditation...

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

    NHS diabetes programme works, and could become global template – study

    by Nic Paton 15 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 15 Nov 2023

    The NHS’s Diabetes Prevention Programme could act as a template for other countries in their attempts to tackle the disease,...

    • Cardiac
    • Occupational Health
    • OHW+

    Scheme to expand access to public defibrillators

    by Nic Paton 13 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Nov 2023

    Communities are being urged to apply for free public defibrillators under a scheme being led by the British Heart Foundation.

    • Disability
    • Dementia
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Project to test how blood tests could spot Alzheimer’s earlier

    by Nic Paton 13 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Nov 2023

    Charities and the NHS are collaborating on a project to gauge whether blood tests can be used to help diagnose...

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • OHW+

    Working outdoors in the sun fuelling skin cancer rates

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has said new figures suggesting nearly one in three deaths from non-melanoma...

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Government rejects calls for more support for rural mental health

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    The government has rejected calls by MPs to invest more in supporting the mental health of people living in rural communities, especially farmers.

    • Cancer
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Occupational Health

    NHS to offer ‘repurposed’ drug to tackle breast cancer

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    Tens of thousands more women at increased risk of breast cancer are to be offered a ‘repurposed’ NHS drug, after...

    • Cancer
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Dentistry crisis leading to rising rates of mouth cancer, warns charity

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    The UK’s chronic lack of access to dentists, especially NHS dentists, is leading to mouth cancers not being spotted or treated early enough.

    • Occupational Health
    • OHW+

    Occupational health reforms need proper regulatory oversight, warns BOHS

    by Nic Paton 6 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Nov 2023

    Government plans to expand access to occupational health will need to be backed by rigorous regulatory oversight and a legal...

    • Fit for Work
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    More than four million now have access to workplace health insurance

    by Nic Paton 6 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Nov 2023

    A record 4.4 million people are now covered by health insurance through their employer and one million claims have been...

    • Fit for Work
    • Cardiac
    • NHS

    Atrial fibrillation: blood thinners preventing thousands of strokes

    by Nic Paton 6 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 6 Nov 2023

    An NHS drive to roll out blood-thinning drugs to people with atrial fibrillation (AF) has prevented almost 17,000 strokes, according...

    • Diabetes
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Air pollution can heighten risk of diabetes – study

    by Nic Paton 3 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 3 Nov 2023

    Living with, and inhaling, air pollution can raise the risk of also having type 2 diabetes, a study has found.

    • Fit for Work
    • Research
    • Coronavirus

    Pandemic affected long-term brain health

    by Nic Paton 3 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 3 Nov 2023

    The Covid-19 pandemic potentially had a lasting impact on people’s brain health, especially among the over-50s, research has suggested.

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    NHS mental health ‘hubs’ for young people to be expanded

    by Nic Paton 3 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 3 Nov 2023

    The government has pledged to invest £5m to expand the NHS’s network of hubs delivering earlier mental health support for children and young adults.

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