Health surveillance

A recent SOM/Royal College of Nursing webinar offered occupational health practitioners valuable advice on how to manage Covid-19 outbreaks as...

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

Awareness of asbestos risk and the possibility of a mesothelioma diagnosis should be added to the mandatory training for new...

MPs have been told that immediate action is needed to prevent deaths and illnesses caused by exposure to respirable crystalline...

Thousands people in the UK could be suffering from ‘long Covid’, where debilitating symptoms from a Covid-19 infection, even a...

The risks faced by healthcare workers treating patients with viruses that can be transmitted through the air have been highlighted...

Nearly six out of 10 healthcare workers (59%) seen in occupational skin disease clinics set up during the Covid-19 pandemic...

A study that aims to keep coronary heart disease patients engaged in cardiac rehabilitation for longer, and therefore improve health...

A private testing clinic has recorded a 75% increase in requests for corporate testing as businesses gear up for the...

There were 1,376 clusters of Covid-19 cases in workplace or occupational settings in Europe and the UK between March and...

Screening women in their forties for breast cancer could save hundreds of lives each year and would not lead to...

Experts in occupational medicine have developed a risk assessment tool to evaluate an individual’s vulnerability to Covid-19, based on their...

Two health and safety warnings have been issued to occupational health practitioners about common products used both at home and...

More than four out of 10 occupational health providers have seen a surge in demand for their services because of...

The government intends to put in place an “unprecedented” flu vaccination programme this autumn to help the NHS manage any...