Helena Nixon and Douglas Robertson provide a medical briefing on diabetes from an occupational perspective.
Occupational Health
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Cancers and mental ill health dominant causes of Civil Service absence
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Two Scottish government documents show how policies are failing to improve collaborative working. Gail Fitzgerald looks at the way forward.
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OH professionals have limited expert support when helping employees who have suffered a brain injury return to work. L J Conradie and Ashleigh Stewart explain what is available.
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Despite the hype, the government's replacement of the Med 3 will simply create more problems for GPs and occupational health.
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Will government guidance on 'well notes' make any difference to the way GPs deal with medical certification for employees?
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Nic Paton reports on how Durham Business School's Strategic Development Programme is helping NHS OH managers develop their leadership skills.
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Following last year’s hugely successful launch of the first major independent awards for achievement in workplace health, we are calling...
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This month’s offering concerns the issue of parasites. Not the sort you’d find in the guts of a third-world country...
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The two health issues we face most frequently at work are common mental health problems and musculoskeletal disorders. Occupational health...
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Doctors call time on booze
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Just one-third of men know what their prostate does and many would look for excuses not to visit a doctor...
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Less than one in five people can name the three cancers – breast, cervical and bowel – screened for by...
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GPs across the country should be given extra training in occupational and workplace health, a government report has said.
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NHS staff flout smoking ban Staff at many NHS hospitals continue to flout the smoking ban, a study has found....