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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedThe increasing use of e-cigarettes, which are not covered by the same legislation as tobacco products, means employers may have to reconsider and rewrite their workplace policies, finds Sarah Silcox.The European...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedOur new series looking at professions allied to occupational health (OH) begins with an update on the work of occupational hygienists. Martin Stear, a chartered occupational hygienist and registrar of the Faculty of...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedThe clock is ticking for occupational health (OH) practitioners to make their voice heard on the Nursing and Midwifery Council's (NMC) plans for three-yearly checks, or "revalidation", of practitioners' fitness to...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedWith an ageing population and rising retirement age, helping keep staff healthy is of long-term benefit to employers. But it can also bring more immediate rewards in workplace productivity, explains Dr Katie Tryon, head...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedRecent NHS scandals such as Mid Staffs have highlighted the connection between staff wellbeing and patient outcomes. Nic Paton looks at the recently published Royal College of Physicians' second audit of NHS trusts and...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedEmployers can do a great deal to ensure their employees remain fit, healthy and able to work. Director of Jelf Employee Benefits Chris Ford looks at how benefits providers can help.A sickness absence policy should...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedSickness absence accounted for 131 million days in the UK in 2013, a fall of more than a quarter from 10 years ago when the total was 178 million, according to official statistics.The Sickness Absence in the Labour...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedMore than two-thirds of NHS staff have dragged themselves into work despite feeling unwell, with the vast majority doing so because of their commitment to their job - but one-third say it is because of feeling under...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedContrary to previous research, shift workers take less paid sickness absence than day workers, according to a Canadian analysis of 20,000 employees across 14 different occupational groups.There were no differences in...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedProviding employees with access to an employee assistance programme (EAP) can help tackle depression and the associated impairment to workplace productivity, according to a US study of 1,989 employees over 19...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedA systematic literature review has provided more evidence of the beneficial impact of work for health, particularly for depression and general mental health.van der Noordt M et al (2014). "Health effects of employment:...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedMental health issues are often behind employees’ unwillingness to come back to work after prolonged absence. Individual psychological assessments can help, explains Validium's Lesley Howling.Despite the negative...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedOne-third of NHS trusts are failing to instruct staff to use safety devices "wherever possible" in their sharps policies, despite this being an explicit requirement of UK and European sharps Regulations, research has...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedIncreasing numbers of doctors are seeking help from dedicated mental health support services - and 59% of them score above the threshold for burnout in self-report evaluation questionnaires, according to a recent...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedThe Government's new Health and Work Service will be expected to complement, not compete or conflict with, existing employer-provided occupational health (OH) services, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedAlmost a quarter of all victims of work-related violence experienced three or more incidents in 2012/13, according to a statistical analysis from the Health and Safety Executive.The risk of being a victim of actual or...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedAndy Phillips, director of Eminence Occupational Health and a lecturer at the University of South Wales, and occupational health (OH) adviser and trainer Greta Thornbory give an overview of the main smartphone and...
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From:Occupational Health (Issue 428) Peer-ReviewedA workplace model may help cut the risk of employee suicide, new research suggests.An initiative called the Safe Haven Model can be used by line managers as part of an approach to suicide. It consists of three...