Companies must address all return-to-work health risks as business gradually open up following the lockdown, not just those directly related...
Mental health conditions
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The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for more mental health and wellbeing support for those in the profession –...
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As Mental Health Awareness Week begins this week, the conciliation service Acas has published new guidance to help employers and...
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Mental Health Awareness Week encourages employers to focus on 'kindness' at a time when workers throughout the world are beset by feelings of uncertainty.
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An occupational health provider and musculoskeletal (MSK) services firm have teamed up to ‘make it simpler’ for NHS organisations to...
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Almost half (47%) of employees would feel uncomfortable about telling their employer about a health concern during the coronavirus pandemic,...
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One in four (26%) construction workers contemplated suicide last year, according to trade body The Chartered Institute of Building.
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There were more employees who felt mentally and emotionally positive during April than felt negative, despite the coronavirus restrictions imposed...
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Almost a quarter of adults living under lockdown in the UK between March and April said they had experienced loneliness,...
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Coronavirus: will it be occupational health rather than the NHS that is overwhelmed post-lockdown?
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAs thoughts turn to how the UK can gradually reopen for business post-lockdown, it is becoming all too clear that...
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Two workplace health bodies have given their support to the value of wearing face masks or coverings in public as...
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It is estimated 250,000 people in the UK have been diagnosed with the debilitating condition chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Felissia...
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Diabetes, men, drugs, and dementia – why occupational health faces a challenging future
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonBetween tackling the challenges of rising rates diabetes, men’s ill health, drugs and alcohol, and working-age dementia, occupational health practitioners...
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Coronavirus: NHS ‘urgently’ working to ramp up occupational health provision
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe NHS is “urgently” working to put in place extra occupational health provision for NHS workers during the coronavirus crisis,...
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On the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Dr Yvette Martyn reflects on what can be learnt following...