Research
First ‘game-changing’ new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years
The first new treatment for asthma attacks in 50 years has been developed by researchers, in a move that is being hailed as ‘game-changing’ for patients. An injection given during…
Better reporting needed as scale of workplace harm revealed
Charity calls for clear reporting protocols after report finds only 51% of global workers experiencing workplace harm reported the incident.
Ditching two-child benefit gap would narrow health inequalities – research
Reducing child poverty in England, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap, would significantly boost child health and narrow general regional health inequalities, finds research.
Clinical governance
CPD: Occupational health in police and fire and rescue services
What does an occupational health service in police and fire and rescue services look like and what should it include?
CPD activities: Developing an NHS OH service
Our CPD article considers the challenges of developing an occupational health service for NHS staff, some of which are also relevant to in-house OH services at other organisations. These CPD…
‘An honour and privilege’ – what becoming a Queen’s Nurse means for OH
Leading OH nurse and academic Neil Loach will this autumn receive a singular accolade – becoming a Queen’s Nurse (QN), one of fewer than 50 OHNs to be celebrated in…
Continuing professional development
CPD activities: Learning from the experiences of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic
These CPD activities, developed by Professor Anne Harriss, are designed to accompany this article by Charlotte E Hall on exploring the experiences of, and lessons from, working from home during…
CPD: Exploring the experiences of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic
The sudden shift to working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic was a profound and destablising experience for many. PhD student Charlotte E Hall analyses some of the health and…
CPD activities: Invest to save – making the business case for spending on OH
These CPD activities, developed by Professor Anne Harriss, accompany Elaine Kerr’s article ‘Invest to save – making the business case for spending on OH’. They should help occupational health professionals…
Disability
Aircrew with cancer pursuing MoD for compensation – report
Some 180 current and former armed forces’ aircrew with cancer are pursuing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for compensation because they claim their diagnosis was caused by exposure to toxic…
Ethnicity and disability pay gaps: Ready to report? (webinar)
17 July 2025 | Register now for our webinar on the reporting requirements in the pipeline for ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
Welfare cuts would ‘undermine workforce inclusion and business resilience’
The government’s welfare bill has been altered as prime minister Keir Starmer sets out to gain the backing of more than 120 Labour rebels who had threatened to vote against…
Health surveillance
Employers ‘worryingly’ ignorant about stress risk assessments
Employer awareness, understanding and compliance with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress risk assessment requirements remains “worryingly” low, a poll has found. The survey by Occupational Health Assessment of 115…
Tool developed for employers to calculate cost of respiratory illness
A tool has been developed to help businesses calculate the financial impact of respiratory illnesses within their workforce. The interactive tool, developed by pharmaceutical company Pfizer in partnership with the think-tank…
Why employers must do more to support all four ‘pillars’ of wellbeing
There is still too often a disconnect between how concerned employers say they are about employee health and wellbeing and what they are prepared to do about it – and…
Musculoskeletal disorders
Gen X storing up health problems by failing to exercise
Workers in their forties and fifties are becoming less likely to do regular exercise, so potentially storing up health problems for the future, research has suggested. The survey of ‘Gen…
Keep Britain Working review urging employers to ‘tell us what works’
The Mayfield review is urging employers and workplace health professionals to engage with it about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to healthcare interventions.
Half of adults globally set to be obese or overweight by 2050, warns shocking new study
More than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by 2050, according to a shocking new prediction. The forecast, published…
OH employment law
CPD: Occupational health in police and fire and rescue services
What does an occupational health service in police and fire and rescue services look like and what should it include?
CPD activities: Occupational health in police and fire and rescue services
Understand more about what an OH service in the emergency services, including police and fire and rescue, should include.
Justice department to pay out £27,000 after disability ruling
Employment judge Bedeau found Hulya Findik’s claims of discrimination because of a failure in the duty to make reasonable adjustments to be well-founded.
OH service delivery
Why employers must do more to support all four ‘pillars’ of wellbeing
There is still too often a disconnect between how concerned employers say they are about employee health and wellbeing and what they are prepared to do about it – and…
Keep Britain Working: government told it must embrace ‘ambitious reforms’
If the government is serious about stemming the flow of those suffering with ill health from leaving the labour market, it will need to embrace ‘ambitious reforms’, a think thank…
Keep Britain Working review urging employers to ‘tell us what works’
The Mayfield review is urging employers and workplace health professionals to engage with it about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to healthcare interventions.
Return to work and rehabilitation
Aircrew with cancer pursuing MoD for compensation – report
Some 180 current and former armed forces’ aircrew with cancer are pursuing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for compensation because they claim their diagnosis was caused by exposure to toxic…
Third in north west fear ill health will force them from workforce
More than a third of workers (35%) in the north-west of England fear deteriorating health and ill health could force them to drop out of the workplace, research has suggested.…
Supporting employees through substance abuse
Supporting and managing employees struggling with addiction or substance abuse requires a clear policy and approach, but most of all empathy, compassion and flexibility, argues Chris Britton. Research published last…
Sickness and absence management
Third in north west fear ill health will force them from workforce
More than a third of workers (35%) in the north-west of England fear deteriorating health and ill health could force them to drop out of the workplace, research has suggested.…
Supporting employees through substance abuse
Supporting and managing employees struggling with addiction or substance abuse requires a clear policy and approach, but most of all empathy, compassion and flexibility, argues Chris Britton. Research published last…
With HR absence rising, is your people team at risk of breaking?
When ‘the people team’ – HR – breaks, the whole business suffers. Tracey Paxton makes the case for why HR teams need to be getting more investment: emotional, financial and…
Wellbeing and health promotion
Supporting employees through substance abuse
Supporting and managing employees struggling with addiction or substance abuse requires a clear policy and approach, but most of all empathy, compassion and flexibility, argues Chris Britton. Research published last…
Uncertainty over law hampering legal use of medical cannabis
A growing number of UK employees are now legally using medical cannabis to manage conditions such as chronic pain, anxiety and symptoms connected to the menopause, a study has suggested.…
Employers ‘worryingly’ ignorant about stress risk assessments
Employer awareness, understanding and compliance with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) stress risk assessment requirements remains “worryingly” low, a poll has found. The survey by Occupational Health Assessment of 115…