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by Hannah Vickery 29 Oct 2013

Research

A workers using robotics
  • Research
  • Health and safety
  • Musculoskeletal disorders

Robotics can transform health and safety as well as efficiency – report

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

Robotics technologies have the potential to transform health and safety as well as efficiency within the workplace, but fears they may ‘take over’ and lead to jobs being lost also…

Brain scans showing signs of multiple sclerosis
  • Fit for Work
  • Research
  • Disability

Study suggests Epstein-Barr virus could be trigger for multiple sclerosis

by Nic Paton
19 May 2023

A common childhood virus could be an important trigger for multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life, research has suggested.

Therapist with a male patient
  • OH education and training
  • Research
  • Ethnicity

Study: Health workers must develop better connections with ethnic minorities

by Ashleigh Webber
10 May 2023

Health professionals should learn how to develop better connections with patients to improve the care of those who belong to ethnic minority groups, a study has recommended. Researchers from the…

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Clinical governance

An OH nurse gathering evidence at her computer
  • OH education and training
  • Clinical governance
  • OH service delivery

FOHN accreditation to enable OH nurses to use new post-nominals

by Nic Paton
31 Mar 2023

The Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing is launching a new accreditation scheme that will enable OH nurses to use a new set of post-nominals. Nic Paton looks at what it…

A woman accessing digital mental health support
  • Anxiety
  • Fit for Work
  • Depression

Mental health: NICE gives go-ahead to eight digitally enabled therapies

by Nic Paton
13 Mar 2023

Eight digitally enabled therapies to treat mental ill health, including depression and anxiety disorders, in adults have been conditionally recommended for approval by the National Institute for Health and Care…

A physio administering a PRP injection into a knee
  • OH education and training
  • Clinical governance
  • Musculoskeletal disorders

Physiotherapists body issues warning over PRP injection training courses

by Ashleigh Webber
16 Feb 2023

A body representing physiotherapists has issued a warning about platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection training courses, suggesting that one-day courses are insufficient.

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Continuing professional development

A male construction worker with long Covid
  • Fit for Work
  • Coronavirus
  • Long Covid

CPD: OH and HR working together to support long Covid

by Lesley Macniven
1 Jun 2023

Many people are still experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid. This presents an opportunity for OH and HR to work together to facilitate a successful return to work, utilising…

An illustration of a man experiencing brain fog
  • Coronavirus
  • Long Covid
  • Continuing professional development

CPD activities: Long Covid – OH and HR as strategic partners

by Anne Harriss
1 Jun 2023

These CPD activities will help occupational health nurses understand how they can work with HR to support people with long Covid back into work.

An illustration of a stressed woman looking at bills and a calculator on a table
  • Financial wellbeing
  • OHW+ Webinars
  • Occupational Health

CPD: Supporting workers through financial difficulties (on-demand webinar)

by Ashleigh Webber
16 May 2023

Webinar exclusively for OHW+ Premium members | Learn how the Mersey Care Occupational Health and Wellbeing Service has mobilised a comprehensive offer of support as cost-of-living pressures impact NHS staff.

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Disability

fit notes in 2021
  • Fit for Work
  • Coronavirus
  • Self-isolation

TUC calls for Covid inquiry to probe pandemic failings of UK sick pay

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

The failings of the UK’s sick pay system need to be put firmly in the spotlight when the Covid-19 public inquiry starts hearing witness evidence from next week, the TUC has said.

A man suffering from severe mental illness
  • Anxiety
  • Cancer
  • Depression

Severe mental illness linked to ‘preventable’ physical disease death

by Nic Paton
22 May 2023

More than 26,000 adults with severe mental illness die prematurely each year from preventable physical illnesses, according to a royal college. The Royal College of Psychiatrists crunched the latest data…

Brain scans showing signs of multiple sclerosis
  • Fit for Work
  • Research
  • Disability

Study suggests Epstein-Barr virus could be trigger for multiple sclerosis

by Nic Paton
19 May 2023

A common childhood virus could be an important trigger for multiple sclerosis (MS) in later life, research has suggested.

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Health surveillance

A diabetes health check
  • Disability
  • Diabetes
  • Health surveillance

Ongoing pandemic disruption causing 7,000 diabetes deaths per year

by Nic Paton
10 May 2023

As many as 7,000 people in England with diabetes are dying unnecessarily each year because of post-pandemic backlogs, delays, and disruption, the charity Diabetes UK has warned. Barely half (47%)…

A continuous glucose monitor for people with diabetes
  • Fit for Work
  • Conditions
  • Health surveillance

Closed-loop diabetes devices ‘life-changing’, but shouldn’t replace screening

by Nic Paton
3 May 2023

New glucose-monitoring diabetes devices are creating “life-changing benefits”, but aren’t a silver bullet and should not replace screening, the charity Diabetes UK has said. A study by the charity into…

  • Conditions
  • Cancer
  • Health surveillance

Exposure to chemical agents heightens pancreatic cancer risk

by Nic Paton
28 Apr 2023

Working with chemical agents increases a person’s risk of developing pancreatic cancer with every year of exposure, research has suggested.

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Mental health and stress

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Musculoskeletal disorders

A workers using robotics
  • Research
  • Health and safety
  • Musculoskeletal disorders

Robotics can transform health and safety as well as efficiency – report

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

Robotics technologies have the potential to transform health and safety as well as efficiency within the workplace, but fears they may ‘take over’ and lead to jobs being lost also…

Workplace health: a cancer patient in bed
  • Blood pressure
  • Cancer
  • Cardiac

Call for evidence an opportunity to highlight value of OH

by Nic Paton
22 May 2023

Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health outcome, the importance of workplace health, and the role that…

A woman with chronic pain
  • Fit for Work
  • Disability
  • Musculoskeletal disorders

Little evidence that antidepressants work for chronic pain

by Nic Paton
10 May 2023

There is very little scientific proof that being prescribed antidepressants will help people with long-term chronic pain, a study has suggested.

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OH employment law

gender-based health inequalities illustration
  • Reproductive health
  • OH employment law
  • OH service delivery

CPD: biological and gender-based health inequalities

by Emma Persand
2 Feb 2023

It’s important to be aware of the inequalities in healthcare provision and health outcomes for men, women, transgender, non-binary and intersex employees, which arise from biology and societal attitudes. Emma…

A doctor using a stethoscope on a female patient
  • Health surveillance
  • OH employment law
  • OH service delivery

CPD activities: biological and gender-based health inequalities

by Anne Harriss
2 Feb 2023

Occupational health professionals should be aware that biological sex- and gender-based factors can contribute to inequalities in healthcare provision and outcomes. These activities, compiled by Professor Anne Harriss, aim to…

A man wearing headphones while working on a laptop in an office
  • Fit for Work
  • Reasonable adjustments
  • Disability

How an ‘Empowerment Passport’ can enable disability and neurodiversity adjustments

by Ashleigh Webber
25 Nov 2022

The creator of an ‘Empowerment Passport’ explains how her document can help employees and organisations with reasonable adjustments.

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OH service delivery

A male construction worker with long Covid
  • Fit for Work
  • Coronavirus
  • Long Covid

CPD: OH and HR working together to support long Covid

by Lesley Macniven
1 Jun 2023

Many people are still experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid. This presents an opportunity for OH and HR to work together to facilitate a successful return to work, utilising…

occupational therapy
  • Fit for Work
  • Mental health conditions
  • OH service delivery

Eating disorders: how occupational therapists can work with OH

by Maxine Jones
23 May 2023

Occupational therapy can support someone with an eating disorder through recovery and return to work.

Workplace health: a cancer patient in bed
  • Blood pressure
  • Cancer
  • Cardiac

Call for evidence an opportunity to highlight value of OH

by Nic Paton
22 May 2023

Occupational health professionals have an opportunity to highlight to the government the value of return to work as a health outcome, the importance of workplace health, and the role that…

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Return to work and rehabilitation

A man in bed with migraine
  • Fit for Work
  • Sickness absence management
  • Wellbeing and health promotion

First oral treatment for migraine symptoms gets NHS green light

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

An oral treatment for migraine symptoms that involves dissolving a medicated wafer under your tongue has been approved for use in the NHS, and could as a result benefit hundreds…

fit notes in 2021
  • Fit for Work
  • Coronavirus
  • Self-isolation

TUC calls for Covid inquiry to probe pandemic failings of UK sick pay

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

The failings of the UK’s sick pay system need to be put firmly in the spotlight when the Covid-19 public inquiry starts hearing witness evidence from next week, the TUC has said.

A male construction worker with long Covid
  • Fit for Work
  • Coronavirus
  • Long Covid

CPD: OH and HR working together to support long Covid

by Lesley Macniven
1 Jun 2023

Many people are still experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid. This presents an opportunity for OH and HR to work together to facilitate a successful return to work, utilising…

Browse more

Sickness and absence management

A man in bed with migraine
  • Fit for Work
  • Sickness absence management
  • Wellbeing and health promotion

First oral treatment for migraine symptoms gets NHS green light

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

An oral treatment for migraine symptoms that involves dissolving a medicated wafer under your tongue has been approved for use in the NHS, and could as a result benefit hundreds…

fit notes in 2021
  • Fit for Work
  • Coronavirus
  • Self-isolation

TUC calls for Covid inquiry to probe pandemic failings of UK sick pay

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

The failings of the UK’s sick pay system need to be put firmly in the spotlight when the Covid-19 public inquiry starts hearing witness evidence from next week, the TUC has said.

NHS dentistry: a sign for an NHS dentist
  • Dental care
  • Sickness absence management
  • Wellbeing and health promotion

Warnings of dentistry crisis amid rising costs and reduced access

by Nic Paton
26 May 2023

The UK is rapidly heading for a dentistry crisis, with the number of NHS dentists now at its lowest level for a decade and rising costs, even on the NHS,…

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Wellbeing and health promotion

A man in bed with migraine
  • Fit for Work
  • Sickness absence management
  • Wellbeing and health promotion

First oral treatment for migraine symptoms gets NHS green light

by Nic Paton
2 Jun 2023

An oral treatment for migraine symptoms that involves dissolving a medicated wafer under your tongue has been approved for use in the NHS, and could as a result benefit hundreds…

NHS dentistry: a sign for an NHS dentist
  • Dental care
  • Sickness absence management
  • Wellbeing and health promotion

Warnings of dentistry crisis amid rising costs and reduced access

by Nic Paton
26 May 2023

The UK is rapidly heading for a dentistry crisis, with the number of NHS dentists now at its lowest level for a decade and rising costs, even on the NHS,…

An outdoor worker in the sun
  • Cancer
  • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Occupational Health

Third of outdoor workers never use sun protection

by Nic Paton
26 May 2023

A survey has warned that nearly a third of outdoor workers never apply UV sun protection cream while at work.

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