Work-related upper limb disorders can have a significant impact on the workplace, with women over the age of 45 at...
Return to work and rehabilitation
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Employers will need to become more aware of the needs of staff with neurological conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD),...
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Organisations should implement and clearly communicate policies for reporting and managing sickness, according to new guidance from National Institute for...
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Short breaks between nurses’ shifts linked to workplace accidents
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What do we know about musculoskeletal disorders and work, and what do we need to know? Karen Walker-Bone looks at...
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The number of people who have access to a scheme that helps those with mental health conditions into work is...
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Schools and colleges have been urged to better monitor the health of teaching staff as many older teachers “risk dying...
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Now making a full recovery following his heart operation before Christmas, Nic Paton’s experience of being in hospital and post-operative...
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Vodafone Group is to offer all staff who experience domestic abuse 10 days’ additional paid “safe leave”, after it found...
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Thousands of women will go through a frightening or traumatic birth, the effects of which will continue to impact on...
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Effective health surveillance and risk assessment and management are key to preventing and mitigating hand-arm vibration. But occupational health also...
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Encouraging better health is not just good for individual employees, it also makes them – and their organisations – more...
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A looming hospital operation has brought home to Nic Paton the need for the government’s review of workplace health to...
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With absence estimated to cost the UK economy as much as £18 billion pounds per year, Suzanne Monk makes the...
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Occupational mental health cases are normally not emergencies. Yet, supporting management and HR to adopt a triage approach to initial...