Richard Preece says OH can't rely on peer-pressure to achieve excellence.
Occupational Health
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Wolverhampton has dropped its long-standing NMC-approved OH course for a radically different approach. By Nic Paton.
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Young people took three times as many sick days off with flu in July compared to older workers, adding weight...
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Cheltenham Borough Council has already made “significant” changes to its recruitment practices after it lost a £1m High Court battle...
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On the eve of the National Back Exchange's 21st anniversary, Katie Oakley looks at how the organisation can support occupational health in today's workplaces.
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Wolverhampton University has stopped taking students on to its Specialist Community Public Health Nursing occupational health courses.
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Despite the recession, employers are spending on average nearly 9% more on providing private healthcare for their employees, research by...
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While new legislation such as the Health and Safety Offences Act has toughened up health and safety laws, more could...
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The number of people killed in UK workplaces fell to a record low between April 2008 and March this year,...
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Men aged between 35 and 54 are almost twice as likely to have diabetes as women, according to a report...
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Two thirds of British adults fail to take enough exercise, and could therefore be putting themselves at greater risk of...
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The ability of employers to manage absence is being hampered by ineffective record-keeping systems, according to research by Occupational Health‘s...
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A new occupational health clinic for London Fire Brigade firefighters was opened in June close to the brigade’s Southwark headquarters....
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Need to write an OH report? Ken Addley, Isobel Hannah and Patricia McQuillan offer some practical advice.
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Vanessa James, partner and head of employment at SA Law, anticipates and answers your concerns about making sure that staff don't use the swine flu pandemic as an excuse for extra time off.