Occupational health standards have been published for the construction industry, giving employers benchmarks against which to measure their activities for...
Musculoskeletal disorders
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Category judge: Judy Cook, general manager health services, British AirwaysJudy Cook worked in acute clinical care settings in London and...
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Absence management refers to sickness-related or unauthorised absence from work.
The 2007 CBI / AXA absence survey puts the cost... -
Human resources can use many statistics to demonstrate return on investment. There are others that show that no-one is actually working…
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Occupational health is going for gold in a bid to win the race for safety in the construction industry for the London 2012 Olympics and beyond. Nic Paton reports.
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Francesca Machen looks at how recent initiatives are helping to improve health and safety in the construction industry.
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Think-tank calls on government to give more priority to fighting musculoskeletal disorders
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe government needs to give greater priority to tackling musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), including doing more to encourage employers to provide...
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The
Health and Safety Commission (HSC) has launched an innovative three-month
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a two-year initiative to tackle work-related upper-limb disorders (WRULDs) in the printing industry.
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Occupational health issues will come under the spotlight at a seminar
organised by IOSH’s South Downs Branch this month.
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Occupational Health reports from the recent IRS conference, exploring the issues surrounding musculoskeletal disorders, caused or made worse by workplace activity
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hours, a lack of control over working patterns and working too many days in a
row can lead to... -
An occupational health department has won a Department of Health/Health and
Safety Executive award for its work in getting NHS... -
The
results of the first national NHS staff survey have confirmed what many have
long suspected: working in healthcare can... -
Health and safety has for too long concentrated on eliminating heavy
industrial injuries and ignored the softer, hidden problems endured...