Personnel Today
  • OHW+
  • Join
  • Resources
    • Clinical governance
    • Disability
    • Ergonomics
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law
    • OH service delivery
    • Research
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Conditions
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes
    • Respiratory
    • Stroke
  • CPD
  • Webinars
  • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
  • Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • OHW+
  • Join
  • Resources
    • Clinical governance
    • Disability
    • Ergonomics
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law
    • OH service delivery
    • Research
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Conditions
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes
    • Respiratory
    • Stroke
  • CPD
  • Webinars
  • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
  • Personnel Today

Health surveillance

    • Clinical governance
    • Coronavirus
    • Health surveillance

    Covid has amplified risk of poor infection control, warns WHO

    by Nic Paton 6 May 2022
    by Nic Paton 6 May 2022

    The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the dangers of poor infection prevention and control, especially in healthcare and care settings, the World Health Organization has emphasised.

    • OH & Wellbeing Awards
    • NHS
    • Coronavirus

    How health checks kept York and Scarborough NHS fit to fight pandemic

    by Nic Paton 27 Apr 2022
    by Nic Paton 27 Apr 2022

    York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Health Diagnostics discuss their initiative to introduce regular health checks for 9,000 NHS staff.

    • Fit for Work
    • Conditions
    • Health surveillance

    Occupational asthma guidance emphasises importance of health screening

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Apr 2022

    A new clinical statement on occupational asthma emphasises the importance of health surveillance and prompt specialist referral.

    • Conditions
    • Cancer
    • Health surveillance

    Mobile lung ‘MOT’ screening battling NHS backlog

    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2022
    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2022

    Hundreds of people have successfully had lung cancers spotted and diagnosed earlier through an NHS mobile lung screening programme, NHS England has said.

    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Stress

    Government seeks evidence on mental ill-health prevention and treatment

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2022

    Occupational health and workplace wellbeing specialists are being urged to help inform a new 10-year plan for mental ill-health prevention.

    • Stress
    • Mental health conditions
    • Disability

    OH’s leadership being seen as critical to managing long Covid

    by Nic Paton 8 Apr 2022
    by Nic Paton 8 Apr 2022

    The latest annual workplace health snapshot from the CIPD has shown employers could still be thinking more strategically about health and work.  

    • Cardiac
    • Vaccinations
    • Disability

    Warning of heightened blood clot risk for six months post Covid

    by Nic Paton 8 Apr 2022
    by Nic Paton 8 Apr 2022

    People who have had Covid-19 may be at increased risk of developing serious blood clots for six months following their infection.

    • Testing
    • Coronavirus
    • Health surveillance

    Why workplace Covid-19 testing should continue

    by Alex Sheppard 7 Apr 2022
    by Alex Sheppard 7 Apr 2022

    Free Covid-19 testing for the majority of workers has now ended, but that doesn't mean testing won't still be beneficial to employers.

    • Research
    • Vaccinations
    • Coronavirus

    Covid prevalence research highlights ‘choice’ in health outcomes

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Mar 2022

    Sage research into Covid prevalence highlighted how important ‘choice’ over an individual’s work situation is for health outcomes, one of the government's top health experts has said.

    • Blood pressure
    • Anxiety
    • Conditions

    Two-thirds of shift workers feel health affected by their work

    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Mar 2022

    More than two-thirds (68%) of UK shift workers feel the hours they work or the pattern of their roster is...

    • Coronavirus
    • Health surveillance
    • OH service delivery

    TUC warns of April Covid risk assessment ‘confusion’

    by Nic Paton 14 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 14 Mar 2022

    The TUC has warned business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng that workers’ safety is being put at risk because of confusion created...

    • Anxiety
    • Conditions
    • Cancer

    Analysis finds ‘gender health gap’ that could be ‘disastrous’ for women

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2022

    A ‘gender health gap’ persists in the UK, with women less likely than men to receive ‘proper’ health monitoring and treatment.

    • Health surveillance
    • OH service delivery
    • Health and safety

    Sharp fall in hepatitis C deaths in England

    by Nic Paton 7 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 7 Mar 2022

    There has been a significant reduction in deaths from hepatitis C, the government has said.

    • Fit for Work
    • Blood pressure
    • Obesity

    OH urged to take a lead on supporting obesity in the workplace

    by Nic Paton 4 Mar 2022
    by Nic Paton 4 Mar 2022

    Occupational health professionals need to be proactive in supporting workers living with obesity to remain in work.

    • Fit for Work
    • Research
    • Health surveillance

    UK worst for lung health in western Europe, finds charity

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2022

    A charity has called for more action to improve lung health, as it found the UK has the worst death rate for lung conditions in western Europe.

Newer Posts
Older Posts
  • Apprenticeships are the solution to your recruitment problems PROMOTED | Apprenticeships have the pulling power...Read more
  • What it really means to be mentally fit PROMOTED | What is mental fitness...Read more
  • How music can help to ease anxiety at work PROMOTED | A lot has happened since March 2020, hasn’t it?...Read more
  • Why now is the time to plug the unhealthy gap PROMOTED | We’ve all heard the term ‘health is wealth’...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2022

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2022 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • OHW+
  • Join
  • Resources
    • Clinical governance
    • Disability
    • Ergonomics
    • Health surveillance
    • OH employment law
    • OH service delivery
    • Research
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Sickness absence management
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
  • Conditions
    • Mental health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders
    • Blood pressure
    • Cancer
    • Cardiac
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes
    • Respiratory
    • Stroke
  • CPD
  • Webinars
  • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
  • Personnel Today