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    Employees with cancer unhappy with return-to-work support

    by Nic Paton 8 Jan 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Jan 2024

    Just four out of 10 UK employees (43%) who have, or have had, cancer have been satisfied with the return-to-work...

    • Cancer
    • Health surveillance
    • Respiratory

    Labour urged to pledge health support for firefighters

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Jan 2024

    Labour leader Keir Starmer has been urged to pledge support for firefghters who have developed cancer or other health issues.

    • Cancer
    • NHS
    • Health surveillance

    New mothers and over-50s targeted for new NHS health screening

    by Nic Paton 22 Dec 2023
    by Nic Paton 22 Dec 2023

    The NHS is rolling out two community-based health screening initiatives in England, targeting new mothers and the over-50s respectively.
    NHS...

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    Devolved nations urged to implement targeted lung cancer screening

    by Nic Paton 11 Dec 2023
    by Nic Paton 11 Dec 2023

    Thousands of lives could be saved from lung cancer if targeted screening programmes for the disease were introduced in Scotland,...

    • Cancer
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    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Warning of half million new cancer cases a year by 2040 without government action

    by Nic Paton 1 Dec 2023
    by Nic Paton 1 Dec 2023

    There could be as many as half a million new cancer cases in the UK each year by 2040 unless...

    • Cancer
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law

    CPD: OH nursing in South Africa – differences and learnings

    by Diane Smith 1 Dec 2023
    by Diane Smith 1 Dec 2023

    What is occupational health provision like in South Africa? An OH nurse based in South Africa explores the key differences with the UK and reflects on an asbestosis case.

    • Cancer
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    How to support employees with prostate cancer

    by Dr Niaz Khan 27 Nov 2023
    by Dr Niaz Khan 27 Nov 2023

    How can employers can support employees with prostate cancer and encourage screening for early detection?

    • Cancer
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Biggest UK prostate cancer screening trial in decades gets underway

    by Nic Paton 27 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 27 Nov 2023

    The government has joined forces with the charity Prostate Cancer UK to launch a £42m screening programme to find the...

    • Cancer
    • Mental health conditions
    • Respiratory

    Work-related stress absence still above pre-pandemic levels – HSE

    by Nic Paton 24 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 24 Nov 2023

    Nearly two million workers in Great Britain reported suffering from work-related ill health during 2022-23, with work-related stress absence still...

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • OHW+

    Working outdoors in the sun fuelling skin cancer rates

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has said new figures suggesting nearly one in three deaths from non-melanoma...

    • Cancer
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Occupational Health

    NHS to offer ‘repurposed’ drug to tackle breast cancer

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    Tens of thousands more women at increased risk of breast cancer are to be offered a ‘repurposed’ NHS drug, after...

    • Cancer
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Occupational Health

    Dentistry crisis leading to rising rates of mouth cancer, warns charity

    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023
    by Nic Paton 10 Nov 2023

    The UK’s chronic lack of access to dentists, especially NHS dentists, is leading to mouth cancers not being spotted or treated early enough.

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    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer

    Liver disease: NHS mobile screening finds more than 2,000 at-risk cases

    by Nic Paton 30 Oct 2023
    by Nic Paton 30 Oct 2023

    An NHS mobile screening project has identified more than 2,200 people in high-risk communities at risk of liver disease and...

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    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Cancer and work: Less than half of managers know how to offer support

    by Nic Paton 26 Oct 2023
    by Nic Paton 26 Oct 2023

    Barely half of managers (47%) would feel confident putting in place reasonable adjustments for a colleague with cancer, a study...

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    Cancer still causing two million years of people’s lives to be lost

    by Nic Paton 13 Oct 2023
    by Nic Paton 13 Oct 2023

    More than two million years of people’s lives are lost to cancer in the UK every year, despite significant advances...

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