There were serious concerns about the future of occupational health training even before the pandemic threw our education system up...
Nic Paton
Nic Paton
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.
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The mental health charity Mind has warned of a “second pandemic” of mental ill health, as calls to its helpline...
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Three-quarters (75%) of those aged 65 and over in England had received their free vaccine by the final week of...
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Food processing factories could become “super spreaders” of Covid-19 in the run up to Christmas, the union body the TUC...
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Occupational health bracing itself for challenges of imminent Covid-19 vaccine rollout
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonWith the arrival of viable Covid-19 vaccines, the UK is gearing up for perhaps the biggest mass vaccination programme in...
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This month’s second national lockdown in England could fuel a wave of alcohol-related health problems, a charity has warned.
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The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) has published clarifying guidance for occupational health practitioners on a range of ethical considerations...
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The House of Lords’ Covid-19 committee has launched an inquiry into how the increased digitalisation of our work and personal...
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‘Long Covid’ can cause breathlessness, organ abnormalities and fatigue for months
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAn Oxford University study looking at the longer-term impact of Covid-19, so-called “long Covid”, has concluded that a large proportion...
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Could ‘long Covid’ become the biggest return-to-work challenge yet for OH?
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonCovid-19 is not just a discussion about those who recover from the virus and those, sadly, who do not. A...
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Mental ill health accounted for more than half of sickness absence in last year
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonA total of 38.8 million working days were lost because of work-related illness and workplace injury in 2019/20, with more...
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Doctors in England have little or no confidence in the NHS being able to cope this winter, according to a...
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The coronavirus pandemic is increasing work-related stress across both the UK and Europe, a survey has concluded.
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OH urged to work with NHS Practitioner Health to support ‘exhausted’ clinicians
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs England heads towards a second national lockdown this week, and amid fears exhausted healthcare staff have still not recovered...