Clinical governance

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has indicated it intends to carry out a review of post-registration training for occupational...

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has held the first meeting of its steering group looking at the future shape...

The role of an expert occupational health nurse is complex and demanding, meaning OHNs are potentially prime candidates to achieve...

Frontline health workers are being urged to get their free flu jab in order to protect themselves and their patients....

The government’s consultation on occupational health was very clear that the fact OH is and has always been a small...

The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has published its response to the government’s consultation on improving health at work, noting...

A group of MPs is to launch an inquiry into women’s experiences of endometriosis, after research found thousands have had...

Cleaning firms need to do more to reduce workers’ risk of exposure to dangerous substances, the European Agency for Safety...

A review into the scale and causes of prescription drug dependence has highlighted the need for more support services and...

The numbers entering occupational health and occupational medicine are falling rapidly, and two-thirds of those left are aged over 53....

Occupational health providers can capitalise on the growing demand, and appetite, for workplace health solutions – but only if they...

From gaining the confidence to write publicly through to one speaker’s personal struggles with addiction; from effective report writing through...

Ahead of the government in July launching its long-awaited consultation into workplace and occupational health, the Society of Occupational Medicine...

Some nine months on from its launch, how is the newest organisation within the OH landscape, the Faculty of Occupational...

The Association of Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners has rebranded as a more multidisciplinary occupational health membership body called ‘iOH’. Nic...