This month’s news
Breath of fresh air
The Health & Safety Executive has produced guidance on ventilation to
help employers...
Musculoskeletal disorders
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Local authorities’ lack of flexibility is pushing staff into taking early retirement.Research published this week shows that of those retiring...
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Employers have been slow to recognise driving as a major risk factor to staff. But with shocking new statistics, practitioners are being forced to sit up and take notice
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Back-to-basic
treatments for musculoskeletal problems hailed as answer to poor success rates
in area
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new generation of treatments for... -
In handling sickness absence, practitioners need to be watchful of the Disability Discrimination Act
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How do you provide healthcare to 21,000 staff spread over 70 UK sites? If you're Rank Hovis MacDougall you establish a nationwide network of home-based advisers
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Ensuring pregnant staff and new mothers are comfortable and safe in the workplace is an important part of an OH practitioner's job, but what should a risk assessment cover?
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This month’s news
Workplace accidents
Employers will have a single address, telephone number, fax or web site for
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The rising compensation awards in both physical and psychological injury cases underlines the importance of risk assessment, with the onus on the OH department
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Risk
assessment should not only aim to reduce the occurrence of accidents in the
workplace but also psychological illness in... -
Recent absence statistics do not bode well for local authorities. Despite
aiming to lower sickness levels, the figures show the... -
This month’s news
Safety study
Occupational accident investigations need to be led by line managers rather
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A paper describing a project to tackle musculoskeletal injury in a large bakery made Joe Patton, nursing adviser with Rank Hovis McDougall, a highly commended runner-up in this year's Roche Diagnostics Occupational Health Award
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Life Long Learning and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) are the
processes by which professional people, such as nurses, develop and...
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