Continuing professional development

Occupational health can play a pivotal leadership role when it comes to supporting an employee struggling with alcohol or substance...

Often within occupational health it will be your expertise as a practitioner and leader that decides on a course of...

In the final article of her three-part series, Catherine D’Arcy-Jones examines some tools and resources OH practitioners can use to...

Personal levels of resilience may help to determine how well, or not, an individual copes with the mental and emotional...

In the second article of our three-part series, Catherine D’Arcy-Jones looks at the drivers behind organisational resilience – how organisations...

SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has collaborated with the Louise Tebboth Foundation to launch a report on providing care...

Some work processes, notably pavement cleaning, can expose workers to pathogens and the risks of diseases associated with animals. Neelum...

The benefits of multidisciplinary working within occupational health are increasingly well-recognised. Janet O’Neill argues that the better your understanding of...

Occupational health practitioners are trained to be “the expert in the room” when it comes to workplace health and often...

A prolapsed lumbar disc can cause intense pain, numbness and tingling through the hips, buttocks, legs and feet, affecting mobility...

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects some 10% of men and 18% of women over the age of 60, and can make sitting,...

If occupational health practitioners are to shape the future, they need to understand both the profession’s past and its continuing...

It is estimated 250,000 people in the UK have been diagnosed with the debilitating condition chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Felissia...

Common mental health disorders can have a devastating impact on individuals and their ability to remain in or return to...

New to the profession, and as part of her BSc in occupational health, Rikki Scott researched and wrote this article...