This month’s offering concerns the issue of parasites. Not the sort you’d find in the guts of a third-world country...
Occupational Health
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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
The British Medical Association has called on the government to do more to tackle alcohol... -
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....
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This month, Occupational Health merges with its sister title Occupational Health Review. The timing could not be better. Dame Carol...
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One in five companies do not have or do not know if they have an eyecare policy for their staff....
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NHS makes sickness absence and ill-health retirement deal with employees
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryNHS employers and trade unions have agreed a set of new arrangements to help manage sickness absence and ill-health retirement...
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Offshore advice
Revised guidance designed to increase offshore workforce involvement in improving health and safety has been published by the... -
Companies that flout the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act, which comes into force this month, should be named...
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There is widespread ignorance among workers of the health risks posed by asbestos, a survey has suggested.
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From this autumn, the government will pilot a health and wellbeing service to support doctors suffering from mental distress, illness...
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Academics are carrying out research that could lead to new guidelines for employers, line managers and occupational health professionals on...