Does introducing a healthy lifestyle programme into the workplace really have any effect? A Dublin-based OH service put a pilot programme to the test to evaluate its effectiveness. Mary Devaney and Dr Peter Noone report.
Occupational Health
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Our off-message columnist gets his claws into incapacity benefit.
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Helen Kirk argues there should be more OH nurses in the role of nurse executive director in NHS trusts.
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Workers not taking breaks
Almost one in four UK workers never take a break at work and 7% do... -
The government has outlined new countermeasures to help employers and healthcare workers cope in the event of a flu pandemic....
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An NHS trial to evaluate the benefits of routine screening of people over 55 for hearing problems has found such...
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Initiatives by employers to promote healthy living and working are a waste of time unless managers also tackle their underlying...
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Employers believe GPs do not do enough to help people with mental health problems back in to work, with four...
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The government has unveiled a package of measures designed to improve the support available to Armed Forces veterans who have...
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Cancer charity claims staff still in the dark
Cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support has said cancer patients and their... -
Sick leave levels at Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and Driving Standards Agency slammed by MPs
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonMPs have criticised the “amazingly high” levels of sick leave among staff at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and...
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The government and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have combined to develop a training programme to help nurses get...
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EXCLUSIVE
Speculation is growing that workplace health tsar professor Dame Carol Black (pictured right) will make some radical suggestions... -
The government has announced a major review into workplace health and safety laws, in particular looking at ways to slash the...
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Royal College of Nursing and Society of Occupational Medicine conference: news in brief
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonNic Paton reports from last month's joint conference of the Royal College of Nursing and the Society of Occupational Medicine in Cardiff.