Occupational Health

With the government pledging the ‘biggest reimagining of our NHS since its birth’, Nic Paton highlights that employers will need...

Occupational health can be a pivotal resource employers look to for help and guidance when responding to the death of...

The cost-of-living crisis has been devastating for many people with mental health problems, a charity has warned.
The report from...

For employees working away from home, especially abroad, loneliness and isolation can be a real issue, and can have an...

Vaping can cause as much damage to young people’s lungs as smoking, research has suggested.
The study by a team...

The challenges and opportunities for in-house OH functions in the NHS and beyond.

Our CPD article considers the challenges of developing an occupational health service for NHS staff, some of which are also...

Now that Mpox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, employers, especially those with a globally mobile...

SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has published a guide for employers and occupational health professionals on supporting the health...

Employment judge Bedeau found Hulya Findik’s claims of discrimination because of a failure in the duty to make reasonable adjustments to be well-founded.

While employers are increasingly waking up to the problem of presenteeism, too many still operate in state of blissful ignorance...

People in parts of England will soon be able to get blood pressure checks at their dentist or optician under...

Britons are increasingly feeling they have to set money aside to pay for private healthcare because the NHS will not...

Priscilla Wong, head of occupational health at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) examines how occupational health policies and interventions for...

Having a lie-in at the weekend could actually be good for your heart health, new research has suggested.
Catching up...