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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.

    • Disability
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Nation’s health in significant decline and inequalities widening

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2024

    The nation’s health is in significant decline and regional health inequalities are soaring, worrying new research has suggested.

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Half of Parliamentary staff experiencing clinical levels of stress

    by Nic Paton 26 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 26 Mar 2024

    Nearly half of the 3,700 Parliamentary staff employed by MPs experienced clinical stress similar to that of emergency service workers...

    • Infertility
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Women’s health: a quarter ‘shamed’ into returning to work early

    by Nic Paton 26 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 26 Mar 2024

    A quarter of women working in UK offices feel they been shamed or pressured to return to work early when...

    • Cancer
    • Research
    • Vaccinations

    Work underway to develop lung cancer vaccine

    by Nic Paton 25 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Mar 2024

    Researchers are working to develop the world’s first vaccine against lung cancer, building on the ground-breaking Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Travel-associated mosquito-borne infections back to pre-pandemic levels

    by Nic Paton 25 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 25 Mar 2024

    Travel-associated mosquito-borne infections are returning to pre-pandemic levels, the UK government has warned.
    Latest data from the UK Health Security...

    • Research
    • Health and safety
    • Respiratory

    Tube workers exposed to fine dust take more absence – study

    by Nic Paton 22 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Mar 2024

    London Underground employees working in areas exposed to higher levels of fine dust also tend to report more episodes of...

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

    Employers urged to sign up to migraine support pledge

    by Nic Paton 22 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Mar 2024

    Employers are being urged to sign up to a workplace pledge to demonstrate their support for employees with migraine.
    The...

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Jobs with excessive standing can lead to physical and mental ill health

    by Nic Paton 20 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 Mar 2024

    A quarter (25%) of UK workers in ‘standing roles’, jobs like hairdressing, retail and hospitality, spend eight hours or more...

    • Fit for Work
    • Disability
    • Mental health conditions

    Extent of ill health among Universal Credit claimants revealed

    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2024

    More than two-thirds (69%) of Universal Credit claimants have mental or behavioural health disorders, and nearly half (48%) have musculoskeletal...

    • Diabetes
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    NHS will save billions if people walk more

    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2024

    NHS hospital costs could be reduced by as much as £15bn a year if half of the UK’s inactive adult...

    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Sleep
    • Occupational Health

    Poor sleep may contribute to migraine attacks – study

    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2024

    A study has identified a link between poor sleep and migraine attacks, suggesting improving sleep health hygiene may help.

    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Reproductive health
    • Menopause

    Women face £100 ‘health cost gap’

    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024

    Women face a ‘health cost gap’, spending on average £100 more a year on medical-related expenses than men, with the...

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • OHW+

    Fewer middle-aged dying from cancer, but cases rising overall

    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024

    Fewer middle-aged people are dying from cancer in the UK than at any point over the last 25 years, a study has suggested.

    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus
    • Cardiac

    Covid vaccinations do protect against heart failure and blood clots

    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Mar 2024

    Being vaccinated against Covid-19 can substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and blood clots associated with the virus, according...

    • Blood pressure
    • Cardiac
    • Diabetes

    Study: 2,200 steps a day can improve health – but should be bare minimum

    by Nic Paton 11 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Mar 2024

    Even walking just 2,200 steps daily can help to reduce the health risks from overly sedentary lifestyles – but this...

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