Clinical governance
NICE guidance urges better communication of sickness absence policies
Organisations should implement and clearly communicate policies for reporting and managing sickness, according to new guidance from National Institute for...
Treat air pollution as an occupational health issue, HSE told
Ambient air pollution should be treated as an occupational health hazard and outdoor workers should receive better protections, according to...
CPD: Supporting a young woman living with mental ill health
It can be challenging for an employer to know how best to support an employee living with a mental health...
‘Severe’ flu sees more than 2,000 people needing critical care
Workers have been urged to get the flu vaccine as a particularly severe strain of the virus has led to...
Is NHS occupational health at breaking point?
An NHS England consultation on how to spend extra funding announced by the government last summer has cast a spotlight...
Every medical implant should be registered, says surgeon body
The Royal College of Surgeons has called for a register of every medical device in every patient to be set...
How new Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing could change the workplace health landscape
October saw the launch of the new Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing. What exactly is it, how will it work...
‘No deal’ Brexit would have ‘catastrophic’ effect on health, warns BMA
The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that a “no deal” Brexit would have a catastrophic impact on the nation’s...
Cope with the countdown to GDPR
With the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation coming in next month, occupational health practitioners need to be reviewing how they...
Will a united body put the future in the hands of occupational health nurses?
The decision in October by the Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners (AOHNP) to merge with the Faculty of Occupational...
AOHNP and Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing vote to merge
The Association of Occupational Health Nurses Practitioners (AOHNP) will merge with the Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing (FOHN) when it...
How to succeed in NMC revalidation for occupational health
Occupational health nurses will be familiar by now with the process of NMC revalidation, but concerns remain about how to...
Occupational health confidentiality: doctors welcome revised GMC guidance
Occupational health doctors welcomed the General Medical Council’s (GMC’s) publication in January of revised guidance on confidentiality for all doctors...
SEQOHS standard: how an OH physiotherapy service blazed a trail to accreditation
Crystal Palace Physio Group has become the first occupational health physiotherapy service to achieve the SEQOHS standard for occupational health...
PHE blueprint for occupational health nurse education sets standards for future OH training
Public Health England (PHE) has set out a new blueprint for occupational health nurse education, designed to respond to the...
