Mental health conditions
Nurses call for any NHS return to ‘normal’ not to overlook wellbeing
Any return of the NHS to ‘normal service’ post pandemic must have the patient at its centre, but must also...
Study into how pandemic has affected health and wellbeing of OH practitioners
Occupational health practitioners are being encouraged to take part in research that is aiming to gauge the impact of the...
Veterans to get specialist NHS mental health and rehab support
Armed forces’ veterans suffering mental ill health will now be able to get specialist mental health and rehabilitation support, NHS...
Workers with recurring conditions take 17 days off sick a year
The average employee with a recurring medical condition, such as a chronic pain condition, takes 17 days of sick leave...
Employers so focused on physical safety that mental health still being overlooked
Employers are still overly focused on safeguarding the physical safety of employees at the cost of overlooking mental wellbeing, with...
NHS to launch mental health hubs for health workers
The NHS is set to open 40 dedicated mental health support hubs for healthcare workers across England, which will offer...
Learning to work beyond Covid may bring multiple OH challenges
As the UK economy and society cautiously unlocks between now and the summer, managing ‘return to work’ will need to...
Staff more prepared for lockdown, but a fifth still anxious
With prime minister Boris Johnson set later today to announce the timeframe for the UK’s first steps out of the...
Third of Covid-19 patients put on ventilator experience PTSD
More than one in three (35%) Covid-19 patients who are put on a ventilator experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder...
SOM highlights case for wider access to OH in letter to chancellor
The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to highlight the need for occupational health to...
Call for NHS staff to be better supported so as to avoid undue risk-taking
SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has called for NHS staff to be better supported in the workplace so as...
Why whole health matters now more than ever
Employers need to look at the bigger picture when deciding how best to support employees as the pandemic rages on....
Menstruation: nine in 10 experience stress and anxiety while working
Nine in 10 (89%) employees who menstruate have experienced anxiety or stress while working while on their period.
According to...
Employers overestimating effectiveness of their health benefits, poll finds
Three in five (63%) business leaders think employers have more responsibility for their workforce’s mental and physical health outside of...
Think-tank calls for development of ‘health hubs’ in town centres
‘Health hubs’ combining GP surgeries, health and social care services and gyms should be established in town centres where shops...
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