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Occupational health providers can capitalise on the growing demand, and appetite, for workplace health solutions – but only if they...

Rise in climate change-led occupational ‘heat stress’ cuts world productivity
The rise in global temperatures resulting from climate change will...

From gaining the confidence to write publicly through to one speaker’s personal struggles with addiction; from effective report writing through...

It is estimated more than two million workers in the UK are exposed to high levels of vibration as a...

Occupational health practitioners may need to manage and support mental as well as physical consequences following a workplace accident, especially...

EAPs aid positive clinical and workplace outcomes
A study of a Canadian employee assistance programme (EAP) has produced evidence to...

Ahead of the government in July launching its long-awaited consultation into workplace and occupational health, the Society of Occupational Medicine...

Some nine months on from its launch, how is the newest organisation within the OH landscape, the Faculty of Occupational...

The Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners has rebranded as a more multidisciplinary occupational health membership body called ‘iOH’. Nic...

Three presentations at the Health and Wellbeing at Work conference in March posed intriguing questions about occupational health’s current and...

Rehabilitating workers undergoing cancer treatment
Designing return-to-work plans in parallel with a returning employee’s ongoing cancer treatment is challenging, according...

Hidradenitis suppurativa is an inflammatory skin disease that causes painful lesions and scarring and which, though rare, can have disabling...

A functional assessment is a key part of any occupational health consultation, yet effective history-taking is something many coming into...

Welding fumes increase lung cancer risk
Occupational exposure to welding fumes increases the risk of lung cancer, regardless of the...

Work-related upper limb disorders can have a significant impact on the workplace, with women over the age of 45 at...