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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
    • Reproductive health

    HPV vaccine effective against cervical cancer, but take-up low

    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 22 Apr 2024

    The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine programme is up to 95% effective in preventing cervical cancer, official data has shown.
    Analysis...

    • Absence
    • Fit for Work
    • Fit notes

    Plans to overhaul fit note system announced

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Apr 2024

    Rishi Sunak is set to announce plans to move responsibility for issuing fite notesfrom GPs to “specialist work and health professionals” in England.

    • Cancer
    • Occupational Health
    • Smoking

    Stop-smoking support should be offered alongside lung cancer screening

    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024

    Study suggests smoking-related deaths can be reduced if people attending lung cancer screening are offered stop-smoking support.

    • Occupational Health
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    ‘DIY dentistry’ on the rise as access crisis deepens

    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024

    A fifth of UK adults – 18% or the equivalent of 9.4 million people – have performed a ‘DIY’ dental...

    • Fit for Work
    • Diabetes
    • Occupational Health

    Quarter of working-age adults managing major illness by 2040

    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 19 Apr 2024

    Nearly a quarter of working-age adults will have been diagnosed with a major illness by 2040, a health think-tank has...

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Time to consider link between musculoskeletal and mental health

    by Jason Ward 16 Apr 2024
    by Jason Ward 16 Apr 2024

    Why the link between musculoskeletal and mental health should be considered when developing workplace health support programmes.

    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Depression

    Gig economy workers left stressed, exhausted and struggling for money

    by Nic Paton 16 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 16 Apr 2024

    Gig economy platform workers complain of suffering from mental ill health, stress and exhaustion.

    • Stress
    • NHS
    • Occupational Health

    NHS U-turns on secondary care mental health support cuts

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Apr 2024

    NHS England is set to withdraw funding for secondary care staff to access mental health support provided by NHS Practitioner Health.

    • Long Covid
    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health

    People with long Covid being failed by return-to-work policies – study

    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2024

    Current sickness absence and return-to-work policies are unfit for purpose for those living with long Covid, research has suggested.
    A...

    • Occupational Health
    • Reproductive health
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Successful trial raises hopes of eventual chlamydia vaccine

    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 15 Apr 2024

    A successful clinical trial has raised hopes the creation of a vaccine against chlamydia.

    • Occupational Health
    • Sickness absence management

    Half of employees take time off for sickness and injury, with much of it unpaid

    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024

    More than half of employees (52%) have had to take time off work because of sickness or injury, and just...

    • Fit for Work
    • Cancer
    • Health and safety

    Charity warns of sharp delays in compensation for mesothelioma

    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024

    Waiting times for processing benefits and government compensation claims for mesothelioma patients have doubled within a year.

    • Long Covid
    • Fit for Work
    • Coronavirus

    Long Covid leaves ‘tell-tale’ traces of inflammation in the blood – study

    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 12 Apr 2024

    People with long Covid have tell-tale, distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood, which could potentially be targeted with...

    • OH education and training
    • Occupational Health

    Occupational health mentoring scheme set to launch

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Apr 2024

    An occupational health mentoring scheme for clinicians considering a career change is to be launched.

    • Stress
    • Depression
    • Occupational Health

    Suicide rate rise in England “very concerning”, says charity

    by Nic Paton 8 Apr 2024
    by Nic Paton 8 Apr 2024

    The suicide rate in England rose 6% last year compared with 2022, official figures have shown.
    The data from the...

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