Keeping the home workspace safe and healthy – virtually
We’ve seen an explosion in home working during the Covid-19 lockdown. But, in the scramble to stay operational, employers have...
CPD: Name of the game – is it time for occupational health to change its name?
If occupational health practitioners are to shape the future, they need to understand both the profession’s past and its continuing...
Putting workplace drug and alcohol testing in the spotlight
How effective is random drug and alcohol testing, especially outside the safety-critical environment? And with cannabis oils now complicating the...
Fit to drive? Understanding what the DVLA looks for when it comes to driving for work
Occupational health professionals can play an important role in helping to assess a worker’s fitness to drive for or during...
Talking about my generations – why mental health support needs to be for all ages
With workplaces becoming increasingly multi-generational, it is important employers recognise that managing mental ill health requires strategies and interventions tailored...
Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: June 2020
Covid-19 to have lasting impact on workplace health
The potential adverse impact of the current pandemic on workers’ health extends...
Employers ‘at a loss’ about how best to support staff diagnosed with cancer
One in 10 UK organisations (9%) do not consider it their responsibility to offer financial, practical or emotional support to...
Two-thirds experiencing disturbed nights and sleep problems during lockdown
The lockdown is having a considerable effect on workers’ sleeping habits, with almost two-thirds (63%) of people reporting that the...
Confusion over medical assessments leaving Northern Ireland HGV drivers ‘unable to work’
An anomaly over medical assessments has caused some HGV drivers in Northern Ireland to lose work during the coronavirus crisis,...
Employers could face legal threat if workers return and catch Covid-19, expert warns
Employers UK could risk facing legal action from employees who return to work and contract the Covid-19 virus, a health...
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Wellbeing and health promotion
Talking about my generations – why mental health support needs to be for all ages
With workplaces becoming increasingly multi-generational, it is important employers recognise that managing mental ill health requires strategies and interventions tailored...
Presenteeism rife under lockdown, driven by redundancy and workload worries
More than one in three employees (35%) has continued to work while feeling unwell during lockdown, with many feeling that...
One in four turns to alcohol to cope with work pressure, especially when working from home
Employees are more likely to turn to alcohol when experiencing work-related stress at home than switch off their work phone,...
Sickness absence management
Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: June 2020
Covid-19 to have lasting impact on workplace health
The potential adverse impact of the current pandemic on workers’ health extends...
Employers could face legal threat if workers return and catch Covid-19, expert warns
Employers UK could risk facing legal action from employees who return to work and contract the Covid-19 virus, a health...
Study to consider benefits of occupational health service at GP surgeries
Researchers are looking into whether access to an occupational health service via their GP surgery will reduce the number of...
Musculoskeletal disorders
Keeping the home workspace safe and healthy – virtually
We’ve seen an explosion in home working during the Covid-19 lockdown. But, in the scramble to stay operational, employers have...
Constructing Better Health OH scheme to close, as Covid-19 takes its toll
The Constructing Better Health (CBH) occupational health scheme for the construction sector is being shut down, with the impact of...
Staff shortages pose ‘large threat’ to future of occupational health provision, report warns
The continuing shortage of qualified occupational health physicians and nurses poses “a potential large threat to the future of OH...
Return to work and rehabilitation
Putting workplace drug and alcohol testing in the spotlight
How effective is random drug and alcohol testing, especially outside the safety-critical environment? And with cannabis oils now complicating the...
Fit to drive? Understanding what the DVLA looks for when it comes to driving for work
Occupational health professionals can play an important role in helping to assess a worker’s fitness to drive for or during...
Occupational Health & Wellbeing research round-up: June 2020
Covid-19 to have lasting impact on workplace health
The potential adverse impact of the current pandemic on workers’ health extends...
Mental health and stress
Keeping the home workspace safe and healthy – virtually
We’ve seen an explosion in home working during the Covid-19 lockdown. But, in the scramble to stay operational, employers have...
Talking about my generations – why mental health support needs to be for all ages
With workplaces becoming increasingly multi-generational, it is important employers recognise that managing mental ill health requires strategies and interventions tailored...
Two-thirds experiencing disturbed nights and sleep problems during lockdown
The lockdown is having a considerable effect on workers’ sleeping habits, with almost two-thirds (63%) of people reporting that the...
