Enabling much more “comprehensive” access to occupational health expertise could be one of the keys to reducing ill health-related worklessness...
Nic Paton

Nic Paton
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.
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With hospitals and workplaces struggling to cope with this winter’s surge in flu and respiratory viruses, a charity has called...
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The government’s Keep Britain Working review is an “opportunity to start a national reset on workforce health”, a leading think-tank has said.
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Two-step testing enabling more train drivers to work with colour blindness
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAn initiative between the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and train drivers’ union ASLEF is enabling more people with...
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Keep Britain Working review gets under way, with major reforms due this spring
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonMinisters launch a promised independent review into how employers can be better supported to employ people with disabilities and health conditions.
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More than eight out of 10 employers (82%) agree they play an important role in helping employees return to work...
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The surge we’ve seen in cases of flu this winter poses an “unprecedented” workplace and public health challenge, an occupational...
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How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with body mass index (BMI) as a...
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Tens of millions of people feel their health and wellbeing is being negatively affected by their workplaces, their homes and...
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Almost two-thirds of UK workers fear they are risk of burning out this year as businesses cut back on resources...
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Black men have higher rates of stage 3 and stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis compared to white men, a study has suggested.
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued guidance for workers installing stone worktops on how to mitigate risk around...
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With NHS trusts struggling to cope as cases of winter flu soar, a study has warned that respiratory infections cost...
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Workplaces are being urged to revisit and refresh their first aid practices and approaches as UK plc reopens for business...
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There has been a “troubling” surge in the number of people being hospitalised because of vitamin deficiencies, according to an...