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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedThe Government is challenging employers to increase their efforts to get people with common mental health problems back to work. But what support can organisations expect from the new Health and Work Service (HWS)?...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedThe health and wellbeing initiatives offered by employers may be growing increasingly nuanced and complex, says PruHealth's Dr Katie Tryon, but are they really offering a good service to employees?Many employers now...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedNic Paton looks at how to make yourself more marketable as an occupational health (OH) professional.One of the constant refrains you hear within OH is how the lack of specialist practitioners, the shortage of skilled...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedOffice workers who sit for a large proportion of their working day also report sitting for longer periods outside work, so do not compensate for the sedentary behaviour at work by being more active outside it, a recent...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedMental ill health costs the UK around [pounds sterling]70 billion every year - roughly the equivalent of 4.5% of GDP - in lost productivity, benefit payments and healthcare expenditure, a major report by the...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedOccupational health practitioners are sometimes engaged in the vaccination of workers against vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs). David Murana, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looks at what...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedMore than half (57%) of NHS trusts in England have a mental wellbeing policy in place to support their staff, the latest audit by the Royal College of Physicians' (RCP) Health and Work Development Unit has found.Nearly...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedOccupational psychologist Susannah Robertson-Hart looks at the best way to support an employee returning to work following a period of mental ill health.There is compelling evidence that work is good for our mental and...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedMuch of Europe and the US faces a conundrum, the authors of a recent study suggest: an increasing proportion of the working age population is economically inactive because of disability, despite better overall health...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedA study is to examine the health consequences of the UK population working for longer and into older age, as a separate study has indicated the appetite for working into - and often well beyond - the conventional...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedA systematic literature review has found "strong and consistent" evidence to support a causal link between different occupational exposures and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The review also finds a nearly...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedThe Government formally unveiled its new occupational health (OH) Health and Work Service to the general public last month.The service is expected to be launched nationally from April 2015, with a number of pilots...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedOccupational health adviser Clare Tregoning looks at the benefits of undertaking a health-needs assessment.A health needs assessment provides the opportunity to gain an awareness of the current health of the workforce...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedWorkers with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) have significantly lower physical and mental quality of life scores than the general population, according to a Canadian study.Those with HAVS report that upper extremity...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedOccupational health adviser Lorraine Warren looks at the sometimes difficult issue of when to divulge patient information.Consent is a fundamental part of any interaction between the occupational health (OH) adviser and...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 427) Peer-ReviewedImprovised explosive devices (IEDs) have been the greatest threat to UK military personnel in Afghanistan, yet a survey-based study has found that the effects of exposure to them on the mental health of personnel are...