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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.

    • Cancer
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    NHS urging people to check for cancer warning signs

    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2025

    People check their bank balance more frequently than they do their body for possible warning signs of cancer, an NHS...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    Call for better mental health support for NHS workers

    by Nic Paton 17 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 17 Apr 2025

    Psychiatrists have called on the government to put in place better mental health support for NHS frontline staff.
    The call...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    NHS to expand GP scheme enabling greater access to community care

    by Nic Paton 16 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 16 Apr 2025

    The government is expanding a scheme to enable people to access healthcare in the community or closer to their homes...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    Computer says no: IT woes giving employees sleepless nights

    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025

    Technology remains one of the biggest stressors in the workplace, a poll has argued, with more than half of workers...

    • Foreign language training
    • Latest News
    • Global mobility

    Global employees being relocated left feeling unsupported – poll

    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025

    There is often a disconnect in global organisations between how well HR thinks it is supporting employees being relocated and...

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News

    Returning to work top concern for employees with cancer

    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025

    Returning to work is the top ‘practical’ concern for employees going through a cancer diagnosis, research has found.
    The poll...

    • Dispute resolution
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Latest News

    Birmingham bin strike to continue as ‘totally inadequate’ offer rejected

    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2025

    Birmingham’s month-long bin strike is set to continue after bin workers yesterday voted “overwhelmingly” to reject an offer by the...

    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News
    • Disability

    Access to Work backlogs and delays costing businesses dear

    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2025

    Businesses employing disabled people are complaining they are owed hundreds of thousands of pounds by the government, and fear they...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    Nearly half did not take even one full week’s holiday last year – poll

    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2025

    Nearly half of UK employees (43%) did not take even a full week off work last year, a survey has...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Reproductive health

    Government urged to boost workplace support for women’s health

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025

    Employers and workplace health professionals are urging the government to do more to encourage employers to invest in support for...

    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety
    • Occupational Health

    Warning of diabetes risk for workplace drivers

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025

    Companies employing drivers are being warned they need to proactively monitor and risk manage for type 2 diabetes, as those...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Mental health

    Quarter feel their employer is ineffective at managing stress

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025

    More than a quarter of workers (28%) believe their employer is ineffective at managing workplace stress, according to a poll....

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    NHS could go door-to-door to tackle ill-health worklessness

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Healthcare staff could go door-to-door within communities to tackle sickness, ill-health worklessness and absence from work, as part of the...

    • Absence
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    Employers struggling to manage rising levels of sickness absence – poll

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...

    • Long Covid
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    Working days lost to asthma up 150% since pandemic

    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2025

    The number of working days lost to asthma and respiratory illnesses has soared since the pandemic, with a 153% increase...

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