Clinical governance

In the final part of our series on members of the multidisciplinary team, Carol Hargreaves looks at the role of...

Gathering data is only part of the audit process; analysis can provide continued clinical improvements. Dr Siân Williams, a clinical...

Our series on specialists in the multidisciplinary team continues with the immunisation nurse. Charlotte Lee, a nurse at Atos Healthcare,...

Three occupational health practitioners have been appointed by the government to drive forward the changes proposed by Dr Steve Boorman's review of the health of NHS staff. Nic Paton reports.

Noel O'Reilly reports on the NHS Plus conference, where a new quality strategy was announced.

FactsErica Connor was employed by Surrey County Council as a head teacher at a mainly Muslim school. In February 2003,...

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine’s OH service standards and accreditation system will finally give providers a way of proving that their service is of a high and credible standard. Nic Paton reports.

Scotland has taken a lead in developing efficient standards for pre-employment screening. Lesley Murray explains how the simplified procedures were developed.

Audits of OH services are likely to increase as clients aim to cut costs and improve quality. Nic Paton looks at what this means for the profession.

These are interesting times for occupational health (OH) professionals. Major developments in the past three years include the launch of the 'Health, Work and Wellbeing' strategy in October 2005; Dame Carol Black's health and work review in March 2008, and earlier this year, the government's Improving Health and Work document. OH leaders have tried to influence new policy, giving OH nurses a central role in the extension of OH services to more UK staff. But what do those who have qualified more recently think about these developments? How have they affected their working lives, and how do they see their future in the profession? Sally O'Reilly speaks to a cross-section of them to find out.

The president of the Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners responds to Dr Richard Preece's Devil's Advocate article.

The Chief Fire Officers' Association is aiming to develop an occupational health network group and national strategy to share best practice on workplace health across the fire service. Nic Paton reports.

The government’s new fit note was unveiled in May, setting the stage for the much-maligned Med 3 sick­note to be...

Life-long learning and continuing professional development (CPD) are the processes by which professionals, such as nurses, develop and improve their...

Healthier staff canteens
UK contract caterers are making “significant progress” in improving the healthiness of food in workplace canteens, the...