What is going on around you.....
- Equality Act – a health warning for the sick and disabled
When prospective employers asked questions about her health, Ruth Rosselson felt she had to sell herself harder to compensate. "I felt I had to defend myself and my condition when I was supposed to be applying on merit," says the 40-year-old, who has palindromic rheumatism, a variable autoimmune arthritic condition. "It doesn't mean I don't work hard." For Rosselson, an ethica......
The Guardian 2nd October 2010 - Health and safety review to curb the 'nanny state'
Councils that wrongly ban events and activities on health and safety grounds could be forced to pay compensation under plans being considered by the government. The proposal is among plans to curb the excesses of the health and safety culture. They have been drawn up by the Conservative peer and former minister Lord Young at David Cameron's request. The measures would als...
Richard Jones, policy and technical director of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, said most of the examples of health and safety...
The Guardian, 2nd October 2010 - Heart problems: The binge working culture in Britain is taking its toll
The depressingly familiar picture of Britain as a nation of long hours junkies, slaving over their terminals way beyond their supposed finishing time, involves a sometimes fatal price. Those who work three or more hours of overtime a day are 60% more likely to develop heart trouble, and potentially die of a heart attack, than those who work a normal seven-hour day, according...
The Guardian, 2nd October 2010 -
Stop this prison-bashing. Sometimes community sentences don't work
Anne Owers, the former chief inspector of prisons, damns the indeterminate sentence for public protection as "a worked example of how not to legislate" (The prison system is too big to fail, and too big to succeed, 14 July). She does not clarify that this sentence only applies to violent or sexual offenders on a three-strikes-and-you're-out basis: they would only get it after ......of seeing prison as an occupational hazard. Yes, "there are 6...no qualifications, poor housing and health, addictions of alcohol and....
The Guardian, July 27 2010 -
Women's hearts at risk from stress at work - study
Women in high-pressure jobs face up to twice the normal risk of developing heart problems as a direct result of work-related stress, doctors reveal today. Those who report feeling work pressures to an excessive degree are at some increased danger of developing ischaemic heart disease, according to new research in the medical journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...research in the medical journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. While the...its impact on men's health.
The Guardian, May 5 2010 - Mental health workers in Jobcentres 'will help depressed find work...announced a new vision for mental health services that aims to reduce...offer employers direct access to occupational health professionals in nine pilot...A two-year pilot for theoccupational health phone lines will cost a further...
08 December 2009 The Times
- Occupational Health Specialists are neutral
..there is the promise of more occupational-health training for doctors, but...to become specialists in occupational health or the gatekeepers for welfare benefits. If occupational-health specialists had to set up..
07 December 2009 The Sunday Times. - David Cameron accused of recycling health and safety myths
...seriously wrong with the spirit of health and safety in the past decade...rdquo; The body representing health and safety professionals said...Doyle, of the Institution of Occupational Safety and health, denied that legislation was.....
02 December 2009 The Times - Swine flu fears force Mecca pilgrims to stay away
...spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of health. “Two days ago around one million...arrive at the last minute." The health Ministry has reported 70 cases of swine...Many arrive from countries with poor health care, and thousands sleep in makeshift...
26 November 2009 The Times - Poor health habits of NHS staff damaging patient care, audit finds
...smoking, absenteeism and poor mental health were having a direct impact on the quality of patient care. The health Secretary is expected to accept...up by Steve Boorman, a leading Occupational health expert, in a written ministerial... 23 November 2009 The Times - Stereotype of the work-shy public servant is a sick joke...have poorer than average general health. Despite employment rights allowing...higher than those in other sectors. Occupational health risks for firefighters, police...discretion frequently have poorer health and higher absence from work...
11 September 2009 The Times - Mood mapping, tips from a doctor
...about having had a serious mental- health problem. Rarer still is the doctor...year-old Fulham-based GP and Occupational- health specialist, has done. Mood mapping...You’ve had a mental- health problem, therefore you shouldn...
01 November 2009 The Sunday Times - Fat, unfit NHS staff top the sick league
...smoking, absenteeism and poor mental health are having a direct impact on the...Dr Steve Boorman, a leading Occupational health expert, was asked by the Government...in moderate to very poor mental health, with many expressing concern...
19 August 2009 The Times - Occupational health specialists are neutral
...there is the promise of more occupational- health training for doctors, but...to become specialists in occupational health or the gatekeepers for welfare benefits. If Occupational- health specialists had to set up...
07 December 2008 The Sunday Times
- Get a job in . . . Occupational Health
What do they do? Occupational health advisers have a hands-on...certificate, diploma or degree in Occupational health nursing. Interview and report...are increasingly employing Occupational health staff. Advisers are frequently...20 July 2004 The Times