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Occupational Health

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    Mental health: Call for OH ‘hub’, as one in 10 took time off work last year

    by Nic Paton 30 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 30 Sep 2024

    A UK-wide occupational health mental health ‘hub’ should be created to help tackle the “unprecedented” levels of mental ill health...

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    GPs often ‘a barrier’ stopping black men being tested for prostate cancer

    by Nic Paton 27 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 27 Sep 2024

    Nearly a third (32%) of black men have not had a prostate cancer test because their GP either refused to...

    • Mental health conditions
    • OH service delivery
    • Sickness absence management

    Role and value of OH intervention under the spotlight

    by Nic Paton 27 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 27 Sep 2024

    Dame Carol Black, chair of the new government occupational health taskforce, is set to be at the heart of high-level...

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    • Fit for Work
    • Sickness absence management

    Understanding alcohol ‘sensitisation’ and its impact in the workplace

    by Fiona Peacock 24 Sep 2024
    by Fiona Peacock 24 Sep 2024

    Recovering addict turned therapist Fiona Peacock explains the dangers of alcohol ‘sensitisation’ in the workplace.
    As an addiction therapist as...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Managers complacent about rise in employee mental ill health – poll

    by Nic Paton 23 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 23 Sep 2024

    Nearly two-thirds of businesses (64%) say they have seen a rise in absenteeism because of employee mental ill health, yet...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Four out of five tradespeople suffering from mental ill health

    by Nic Paton 23 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 23 Sep 2024

    Four out of five tradespeople (82%) say they have experienced stress, anxiety and mental ill health because of their work,...

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    • Cardiac

    Widespread ignorance of links between dental and physical and mental health – poll

    by Nic Paton 23 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 23 Sep 2024

    Nearly two-thirds of 18-34-year-olds (65%) know less about their dental health than they do about their mental health, illustrating the...

    • Fit for Work
    • Health surveillance
    • OH service delivery

    Workplace health checks – what employers (and OH) need to know

    by Tracey Paxton 23 Sep 2024
    by Tracey Paxton 23 Sep 2024

    Careful consideration must be given to how NHS health checks are implemented and communicated and how confidentiality is maintained.

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    Pain the most common symptom of long Covid – study

    by Nic Paton 20 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 Sep 2024

    Pain tends to be the most prevalent and severe symptom reported by individuals with long Covid, according to a study.

    • Fit for Work
    • OH service delivery
    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Profession gears up to promote Occupational Health Awareness Week

    by Nic Paton 20 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 20 Sep 2024

    Next week will see a series of events and activities being run by SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, as...

    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Why words matter – understanding suicide prevention in the workplace

    by Sarah McIntosh 18 Sep 2024
    by Sarah McIntosh 18 Sep 2024

    All employers have a responsibility to educate their employees about suicide prevention, including how the language around it has changed,...

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    • Return to work and rehabilitation

    Up to 4.3 million could be out of work because of ill health by 2029 – report

    by Nic Paton 17 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 17 Sep 2024

    As many as 4.3 million people could be languishing out of work because of sickness and ill health by the...

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    Warning of 900,000 UK cancer deaths by 2029

    by Nic Paton 16 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Sep 2024

    There will be more than 900,000 cancer deaths in the UK by the end of the new government’s first parliamentary...

    • Fit for Work
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    More needs to be done to reassure ethnic communities on vaccines

    by Nic Paton 16 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Sep 2024

    Trust in vaccines remains mostly high among people aged 50 to 70, yet understanding about vaccination is “concerningly” low among...

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    Government expert board set up to tackle ill-health worklessness

    by Nic Paton 13 Sep 2024
    by Nic Paton 13 Sep 2024

    The government has set up a ‘Labour Market Advisory Board’ to tackle rising levels of worklessness, including because of ill...

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