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    NHS targets over-40s for community blood pressure checks

    by Nic Paton 11 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 11 Mar 2024

    The government has launched a spring campaign to encourage people aged over 40 to get their blood pressure checked.
    The...

    • Stress
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    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Fewer NHS staff experiencing stress and musculoskeletal issues

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Mar 2024

    Fewer NHS England staff are experiencing musculoskeletal problems or feeling unwell due to work-related stress, the 2023 staff survey finds.

    • Fit for Work
    • Disability
    • Diabetes

    More than one billion now living with obesity worldwide

    by Nic Paton 1 Mar 2024
    by Nic Paton 1 Mar 2024

    More than one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, research has found, with obesity among adults...

    • Fit for Work
    • Mental health conditions
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    Home workers take less time off sick but can also be less healthy – study

    by Nic Paton 19 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 19 Feb 2024

    People who work from home take less time off sick, tend to work longer hours and even work evenings and...

    • Fit for Work
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    • Sickness absence management

    Heart attacks increase risk of other health conditions – study

    by Nic Paton 19 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 19 Feb 2024

    Having a heart attack significantly increases the risk of developing other serious long-term health conditions, research has suggested.
    Researchers at...

    • Cancer
    • Respiratory
    • Health and safety

    AkzoNobel agrees payout for 1960s asbestos exposure

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Feb 2024

    AkzoNobel has agreed a six-figure settlement with a former worker who claimed he was exposed to asbestos in the 1960s.

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    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Last year ‘worst on record’ for NHS cancer treatment delays

    by Nic Paton 9 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 9 Feb 2024

    Last year was the ‘worst year on record’ for NHS cancer treatment delays in England, a charity has warned, as...

    • OH service delivery
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
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    Access to occupational health key to managing arthritis at work – report

    by Nic Paton 2 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 2 Feb 2024

    Employees managing arthritis at work too often feel they fly under the radar when it comes to workplace health support...

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health

    World Cancer Day: Five ways to support employees

    by Dr Bernard Yew 2 Feb 2024
    by Dr Bernard Yew 2 Feb 2024

    World Cancer Day is a good time for employers to reflect on the support they can offer employees with cancer.

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health

    World Cancer Day: barely a third of employers offer cancer support

    by Nic Paton 2 Feb 2024
    by Nic Paton 2 Feb 2024

    Less than a third of employers (30%) offer support for serious illnesses such as cancer to help people stay in...

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    • OH service delivery
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    Workers with back pain to consider quitting over support

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Feb 2024

    Three in 10 workers with back pain are thinking of quitting their jobs because of a lack of support from their employer.

    • Fit for Work
    • Blood pressure
    • Cardiac

    England in ‘worst heart care crisis in living memory’, warns charity

    by Nic Paton 29 Jan 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Jan 2024

    England is in “the worst heart care crisis in living memory”, a charity has warned, with the numbers of people...

    • Cancer
    • Health surveillance
    • Sickness absence management

    Obesity fuelling bowel cancer mortality among under-50s

    by Nic Paton 29 Jan 2024
    by Nic Paton 29 Jan 2024

    Rising levels of obesity and being overweight are contributing to increasing mortality rates from bowel cancer among people aged under 50.

    • Ergonomics
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Occupational Health

    Three-quarters of bus drivers say work caused MSK problem

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Jan 2024

    Seventy-eight per cent of bus drivers say their occupation has caused musculoskeletal (MSK) problems, according to a union survey.

    • Fit for Work
    • Cardiac
    • Sickness absence management

    Risk of structural heart disease rising in Europe, warns report

    by Nic Paton 12 Jan 2024
    by Nic Paton 12 Jan 2024

    More than four out of 10 adults in Europe (42%) are risk of structural heart disease by 2040 if detection...

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