Work can have a significant impact on people’s mental health. Employers can help to foster a mentally healthy workplace, for example by taking action to prevent and manage stress and training line managers on mental wellbeing.
People suffering so-called ‘long Covid’ symptoms months after contracting the virus are to be offered specialist help at NHS clinics...
As the UK heads into a worrying winter, Charlie Thompson examines the risks for senior teams as they manage the...
Employers need to take more responsibility for the ‘psychological contract’ they have with their employees, especially in occupations affected by...
With the threat of a second national lockdown looming and numerous local restrictions being introduced, employers are being urged to...
Although the health secretary did not give mental health the prominance it deserves in his announcement about the new National...
Occupational health practitioners will be facing a multifaceted array of coronavirus-related return-to-work challenges as we head through the autumn, a...
A recent SOM/Royal College of Nursing webinar offered occupational health practitioners valuable advice on how to manage Covid-19 outbreaks as...
Employers need to recognise the risks of loneliness and isolation in our newly socially and physically distanced workplaces as well...
Employers must put a greater emphasis on meeting individual needs when planning an employees’ return to work following mental illness....
Because of closer relationships with their employees, small firms are in an ideal position to spot if and when somebody...
The estimated 35,000 people who survived a stroke during the pandemic are in need of more support, with many missing...
More than half (56%) of employees haven’t received any mental health support or training from their employer since Covid-19 hit,...
Throughout September we are celebrating best practice within OH by publishing profiles of the shortlisted entries for this year’s Occupational...
More than a third (36%) of small business owners say keeping their staff safe during the pandemic is a concern,...
On World Suicide Prevention Day, Louise Kitchingham looks at the issue of toxic masculinity and why it is often a...
