Just one in 10 will smoke in 2023, predicts PHE
Public Health England (PHE) has estimated that only one in 10 people will smoke in five years’ time, as the...
Employee assistance calls for mental health issues rise by nearly a third
Calls made to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) by workers seeking help for a mental health issue have risen by almost...
Younger staff want employers to put more emphasis on health and wellbeing
Six in 10 younger workers think their current working conditions have an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing, highlighting...
Three in 10 employees experienced an accident or mistake because of tiredness
Almost half (46%) of employees regularly turn up to their jobs feeling too tired to work, making them more prone...
NHS set to get tough on flu vaccination of frontline staff
Frontline NHS staff who refuse to have the flu vaccination this winter may be redeployed in order to protect patient...
Half of staff have experienced a mental health issue in their current role
Nearly half (48%) of people have experienced a mental health problem in their current job, yet only half of these...
Only half feel confident enough to offer first aid if needed
Only half of adults would feel confident about offering first aid if they witnessed somebody falling unwell, according to the...
Understanding the mindset behind sedentary lifestyles
Most of us understand all too well we need to be less sedentary. But just being told you need to...
Resource management – court case highlights occupational health grey area
A healthcare provider has recently been fined more than half-a-million pounds because its internal occupational health service was not deemed...
Trauma response – OH’s role is supporting PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a term that gets bandied around a lot, explains Christine Husbands. But what does it mean...
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Wellbeing and health promotion
Just one in 10 will smoke in 2023, predicts PHE
Public Health England (PHE) has estimated that only one in 10 people will smoke in five years’ time, as the...
Younger staff want employers to put more emphasis on health and wellbeing
Six in 10 younger workers think their current working conditions have an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing, highlighting...
Three in 10 employees experienced an accident or mistake because of tiredness
Almost half (46%) of employees regularly turn up to their jobs feeling too tired to work, making them more prone...
Sickness absence management
NHS set to get tough on flu vaccination of frontline staff
Frontline NHS staff who refuse to have the flu vaccination this winter may be redeployed in order to protect patient...
Is the ‘cost of working’ set to rise?
PROMOTED CONTENT | The ‘cost of living’ is always in the media spotlight. It is tangible, highly visible and politicians, depending on their allegiance, will commonly use rhetoric to either support their party or disparage their opposition.
Absence for mental health up, while flu and gastro-related sick days fall
Almost a three-quarters of a million more working days were lost in June and July because of mental health-related absence,...
Musculoskeletal disorders
Understanding the mindset behind sedentary lifestyles
Most of us understand all too well we need to be less sedentary. But just being told you need to...
Managing lower back pain disorders
Low back disorders account for more than a third of all work-related musculoskeletal disorders, and occupational health can play an...
Fit for work? How to get sedentary workers on their feet
Fit in 50 is a new booklet designed to offer practical and accessible exercises to get sedentary employers out of...
Return to work and rehabilitation
Understanding the mindset behind sedentary lifestyles
Most of us understand all too well we need to be less sedentary. But just being told you need to...
Trauma response – OH’s role is supporting PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a term that gets bandied around a lot, explains Christine Husbands. But what does it mean...
Occupational health research round-up: September 2018
Amputation and return to work
The extent to which amputees integrate into normal living after losing a limb affects their...
Mental health and stress
Employee assistance calls for mental health issues rise by nearly a third
Calls made to employee assistance programmes (EAPs) by workers seeking help for a mental health issue have risen by almost...
Younger staff want employers to put more emphasis on health and wellbeing
Six in 10 younger workers think their current working conditions have an adverse effect on their health and wellbeing, highlighting...
Three in 10 employees experienced an accident or mistake because of tiredness
Almost half (46%) of employees regularly turn up to their jobs feeling too tired to work, making them more prone...
