Depression can increase mortality rates as much as smoking, as well as put people at greater risk of obesity in...
Wellbeing
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Obese people are four times as likely to develop osteoarthritis of the knee as they are to develop high blood...
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Working offshore is becoming safer, with fatal and major injuries now at their lowest level since the industry began to...
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Employers are still not doing enough to adjust their workplaces to accommodate people with disabilities or long-term health conditions, despite...
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Employers have rated the involvement of occupational health professionals as the most effective approach for managing long-term absence, and one...
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Managers and OH departments are being urged not to overlook the intense psychological pressures NHS staff are likely to be...
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The government has announced its first ever National Strategy for Mental Health and Employment, to be published in the autumn....
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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's annual poll reveals continuing disparities between the public and private sectors. Nic Paton reports.
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The NHS must make the promotion of more active lifestyles a “core business and not a peripheral concern”, health secretary...
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Many small businesses remain uncertain and confused about their health and safety responsibilities under the law – ignorance that is...
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A review of the health and wellbeing of NHS staff has revealed high levels of sickness absence and called for...
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The government’s health at work reforms, including moves to replace the sick note with a fit note and create a...
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The Metropolitan Police Service is considering arranging for a local nurse to administer the swine flu vaccination onsite to officers...
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Thousands of workers may be using the national swine flu line to land themselves ‘swine flu sickies’, according to a...
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Research by the specialist healthcare quality, innovation and productivity improvement enabler, Amnis, highlights the value of focusing on the process...