Specsavers Corporate Eyecare is offering cost-saving eyecare solutions to the public sector. The company has introduced simple voucher schemes, aimed at...
Occupational Health
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Employers should provide occupational health services by law to prevent and reduce repetitive strain injury (RSI), which costs the economy...
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Employees returning to work following absence related to a physical condition such as back pain, cancer or heart disease are...
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Stress levels among academics and researchers within universities and other higher education institutions are much higher than they should be,...
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Nearly a quarter of the workforce went to work in January at least once despite thinking they were too ill...
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Access to health-related benefits and insurance is becoming more highlyvalued by staff concerned about job security and the impact of...
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OH business leaders development course
NHS Plus is to run a strategic development programme for NHS occupational health business leaders... -
The number of people in England giving up smoking fell sharply in the first half of last year, despite a...
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Life expectancy in England is now at its highest ever level, although the country also now has the highest prevalence...
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Kent County Council has launched a ‘virtual gym’ to give its 44,000 staff access to online personalised fitness programmes.
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Health and safety and occupational health (OH) groups across the country had their hard work recognised in January. The Royal...
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The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to highlight the dangers of falls from vehicles – a...
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Richard Preece looks at the lessons OH can learn from recessions of old.
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Unison wins compensation for electrocuted worker
Health workers’ union Unison has won compensation for an employee who was blinded and... -
Scans have no benefit for lower back pain sufferers
The routine use of scans in patients with lower back pain...