IOSH will be holding its annual dinner in Edinburgh on Friday 15 November at
the Murrayfield Stadium. As well as...
Conditions
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Nurses are still suffering back injuries because hospitals are consistently flouting RCN guidance
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The roles played by OH practitioners are as many and varied as the occupations they work in, and much can be learned from sharing experiences. Here we are given a glimpse of what life is like for an OH adviser in the South Yorkshire Police
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With growing interest among the public and many employers in the value of complementary therapies, is it time for them to be added to the OH battery?
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This month’s news in brief
Online stress advice
The Engineering Employers’ Federation is offering its members free guidance
on how... -
Dealing with the daily physical, mental and emotional needs
of a team of actors was the theme of Yve Corkett’s... -
Healthcare
professionals can make matters worse when tackling the problem of lower back
pain, claimed Dr Grahame Brown, a physician... -
Workers who are highly exposed to physical and psycho-social workplace risk
factors are more likely to report symptoms ofmusculoskeletal disorders... -
HR
professionals continue to see absence management as their top health and safety
concern, but workplace stress is rising up... -
Up
to a million employees use computer-based technology to work from home. The
evidence suggests that many companies fail to... -
A London occupational health service has been saved from closure by a
last-minute injection of funds.
But HealthWorks in Newham... -
If you have been frustrated in your dealings with call centres, spare a thought for those who work there. These modern-day sweat shops could do much to improve working conditions and make their staff feel less like slave labour
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Overuse injuries are the prime cause of women Army recruits being discharged
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Corus had a good safety record until tragedy struck in November - a telling reminder that it is just not safe to assume disasters will always happen to someone else
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Statistics on workplace deaths make grim reading with levels at their highest for a decade