Occupational Health

Experience as an occupational health (OH) professional based in Singapore has led Grant Ciccone to the view that biological hazards,...

This month’s round-up of recent occupational health research studies looks at how rates at which patients are signed off work...

Managing sickness absence due to mental health is one of the top challenges for HR and occupational health. Felicity Fleming...

NHS staff sickness absence levels increased last year, with anxiety, stress and depression becoming a growing problem. Trusts have also ...

An OH nurse has been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for breaches of data confidentiality.
Shudwin Chireka,...

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine formally launched its revised SEQOHS standards in April. 
The changes, revealed as being on the...

Many medical conditions can be detected through routine eye examinations, which are obligatory for the vast majority of employees under...

Workers in occupational health and safety in a manufacturing environment may find themselves having to adopt lean production techniques, both...

While GPs tend to sign cancer patients off work for long periods, supporting people with cancer in the workplace can...

Occupational health nurses aim to develop a new UK Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing over the next three years.
The...

An NHS trust has been fined for failing to prevent or even monitor at least 23 cases of dermatitis among ...

About three million people over the age of 50 in the UK are living with a serious illness, a study...

This month’s round-up of occupational health research looks at predicted return to work of people absent with common mental health...

Approximately 6,000 NHS staff in England miss work every day because of musculoskeletal problems, Freedom of Information (FoI) requests have...

Occupational health professionals have a part to play in safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, but this is a sensitive and...