Clinical governance

As the UK's obesity levels continue to grow, Liz Griffiths looks at the role occupational health can play in addressing the issue in the workplace.

1 What does an immunisation policy need to be based upon? a) Cost b) The qualifications of the OH practitioner...

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

Get up to speed with training and competency assessment for OH nurses when administering vaccination, and see how one OH service provider approaches this. By Carol Hargreaves.

Preparing for inspection is an essential and continuous process to ensure the highest standard of care is maintained. Mary Guinness details how to go about it.

Technology is changing the face of occupational health by increasing efficiency and productivity, as Sally O'Reilly reports.

How do you ensure busy hospital workers meet their legal training requirements without disrupting medical care? One NHS trust introduced...

Insurance company BGL Group has appointed Denise Keating as group HR and communications director. Her remit is to deliver people...

Effective leadership should engage staff at all levels of an organisation. How can training and L&D departments help make this happen?

Hundreds of employers offer wellbeing incentives such as gym membership or healthy canteen options, but what difference do these make ifthe culture is already rotten? Sally O’Reilly finds out

Helen Kirk and Richard Preece look at the implementation of clinical governance in occupational health

Cognitive behavioural therapy could be the answer to tackling mental health problems at work, but it will need the involvement of OH to succeed

Continuing our series examining the future of occupational health, Dr Les Smith argues that the nature of modern work demands practitioners combine a health and wellbeing model with the traditional OH approach

In the first part of our in-depth series, Nic Paton looks at the case for and against OH technicians

The integrated career and competency framework for OH nursing has been jointly developed to establish a definitive guide to practice. Eliza O'Driscoll examines the new framework and assesses the impact it may have on the profession