While many make a relatively swift recovery from Covid-19, for others, especially those who have been hospitalised, it is increasingly...
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Antidepressants can be better than painkillers for chronic pain, suggests NICE
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has warned that a range of commonly used painkillers for chronic...
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A prolapsed lumbar disc can cause intense pain, numbness and tingling through the hips, buttocks, legs and feet, affecting mobility...
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As UK plc gradually, carefully, emerges from lockdown, employers will need all the help they can get to adjust to...
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Talking toolkits: unpicking Covid-19 return-to-work advice for occupational health
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonWith the UK now gradually reopening for business, organisations across the workplace health spectrum have been developing toolkits and resources...
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A study is being carried out to evaluate the value of remote physiotherapy consultations during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Delivery drivers and fast food couriers are often having to urinate in bushes and have no way of cleaning their...
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Companies must address all return-to-work health risks as business gradually open up following the lockdown, not just those directly related...
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The scope of the government’s Access to Work scheme has been broadened to include support for disabled employees who need...
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It is estimated 250,000 people in the UK have been diagnosed with the debilitating condition chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Felissia...
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Having suffered herself from depression and now chronic fatigue syndrome and Lupus, OH nurse Felicity Paterson knows only too well...
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Health and Safety Executive statistics show that falls from height remain the leading cause of workplace fatalities, and have been...
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A firefighter for 17 years, Greg Lessons developed an innovative healthy eating programme for London Fire Brigade that lowered BMI...
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The government has confirmed that OH professionals can expect a Green Paper on reforms to workplace health support and provision...
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NHS England’s “first contact practitioner” pilot schemes are testing whether directing patients with musculoskeletal conditions to specialist physiotherapists rather than...