One council's cognitive behavioural therapy course underlines the importance of tackling stress holistically. Dr Peter J Oliver and Linda Lewis report.
Occupational Health
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The judge: Anne HarrissAnne Harriss is the course director for OH programmes at London South Bank University. Before moving into...
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Mary Guinness explains how to go about implementing a health surveillance programme in the workplace.
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Walking has been proven to have many benefits, including reducing body fat, increasing energy, and enhancing mental wellbeing. Professor Kevin Sykes reports.
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Life-long learning and continuing professional development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their...
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Stagecoach bus drivers who weigh more than 20 stone have been reminded that they will break new seats if they...
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Swine-flu sufferers on contract and commission may refuse to stay off work
by Kat Bakerby Kat BakerSuspected swine flu sufferers working on commission or in contract jobs may refuse to go home for fear of losing...
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Human rights watchdog Amnesty International committed racial discrimination against an employee whom it did not promote in case it put...
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Mental health campaigners have welcomed a new government consultation that has put the working lives of people with mental health...
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Scrapping the UK’s default retirement age could lead to many more people working to a much older age, and as...
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Depression can increase mortality rates as much as smoking, as well as put people at greater risk of obesity in...
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Obese people are four times as likely to develop osteoarthritis of the knee as they are to develop high blood...
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Working offshore is becoming safer, with fatal and major injuries now at their lowest level since the industry began to...
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Employers are still not doing enough to adjust their workplaces to accommodate people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, despite...
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Employers have rated the involvement of occupational health professionals as the most effective approach for managing long-term absence, and one...