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For many decades, Personnel Today published Occupational Health journal, which later became the digital subscription service OHW+.

This content is now available free-to-access, and we continue to cover Occupational Health and Wellbeing news and analysis on a regular basis.

All the latest OH articles are listed below.


    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • Smoking

    Doctors urge action to tackle ‘growing epidemic’ of young vaping

    by Nic Paton 28 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 28 Aug 2024

    Doctors are urging the government to get tough on what they are calling the “growing epidemic” of vaping in the...

    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer
    • Dementia

    Lung cancer vaccine and drug for Alzheimer’s herald new treatments

    by Nic Paton 23 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 23 Aug 2024

    Breakthrough treatments to tackle lung cancer and dementia are on the horizon, with a lung cancer vaccine now being tested...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Mental health support: what is popular may not always be the right solution

    by Christine Husbands 23 Aug 2024
    by Christine Husbands 23 Aug 2024

    With demand for mental health support rising, proper assessment always needs to be your starting point when working to help...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Diabetes

    Eating just two slices of ham daily can raise risk of diabetes

    by Nic Paton 21 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 21 Aug 2024

    Eating meat, especially processed meat and unprocessed red meat – even as little as two slices of ham a day...

    • NHS
    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health

    NHS diabetes ‘soups and shakes’ programme helps a third into remission

    by Nic Paton 16 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Aug 2024

    The NHS’s ‘soups and shakes’ programme has helped nearly a third of participants in England to put their type 2...

    • Stress
    • Cardiac
    • Occupational Health

    Heart risks almost 100% higher for stressed office workers

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Aug 2024

    The risk of developing a serious heart problem can be doubled by having a demanding office-based job, according to new research.

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    One in 10 with chronic pain at risk of opioid dependency

    by Nic Paton 14 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 14 Aug 2024

    As many as one in 10 adults prescribed opioids for chronic pain will go on to experience opioid dependency or...

    • Research
    • Occupational Health
    • Health surveillance

    Ditching two-child benefit gap would narrow health inequalities – research

    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2024

    Reducing child poverty in England, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap, would significantly boost child health and narrow general regional health inequalities, finds research.

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Younger employees increasingly demanding workplace health benefits

    by Nic Paton 9 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 9 Aug 2024

    Younger employees – those aged 18 to 34 – are driving demand for workplace health benefits, a poll has suggested,...

    • Conditions
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    NICE gives green light for new osteoporosis and gene therapy treatments

    by Nic Paton 8 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Aug 2024

    Two new treatments, one for tackling osteoporosis after menopause and a gene therapy for the blood disorder beta-thalassaemia, have been...

    • Cancer
    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety

    Silicosis: doctors call for UK ban on use of artificial stone worktops

    by Nic Paton 8 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Aug 2024

    Doctors have called for a ban on artificial stone being used for kitchen counters and worktops because of the risk...

    • Fit for Work
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    Pharmacies in ‘deep distress’ as funding pressures bite

    by Nic Paton 5 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 5 Aug 2024

    Community pharmacies are in ‘deep distress’ with financial and demand pressures forcing almost all to stop offering some NHS and...

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Musculoskeletal disorders

    Breakthrough could relieve pain of knee osteoarthritis

    by Nic Paton 5 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 5 Aug 2024

    A medication used for autoimmune conditions has been found to be effective in relieving the pain and stiffness caused by...

    • Stress
    • Fit for Work
    • Anxiety

    Two-thirds of trainee doctors at risk of burnout, says GMC

    by Nic Paton 5 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 5 Aug 2024

    Nearly two-thirds (63%) of trainee doctors consider themselves to be at ‘high’ or ‘moderate’ risk of burnout, according to the...

    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus
    • Occupational Health

    Who will be eligible for NHS covid jabs this autumn?

    by Nic Paton 2 Aug 2024
    by Nic Paton 2 Aug 2024

    The government’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced who will be eligible for NHS Covid vaccinations this...

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