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06 March 2020A significant proportion of worldwide cases of coronavirus have been related to occupational exposure. All health personnel should be alert to the risk of COVID-19 in a wide variety of occupations, not only HCWs, according to an...
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03 February 2020Social workers providing care and support to people in distress are at risk of developing compassion fatigue, which is a risk factor for a deterioration in their own mental health, according to a new study...
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31 January 2020On the 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Less than two weeks later a novel coronavirus (2019n-CoV) was identified as the cause. Early on, many of the cases in Wuhan were reported to...
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07 January 2020
Guest blog by Jackie Barber, Business Psychologist, The Wellbeing Project
Working from home was once the perquisite of the fortunate few, but new studies suggest that this work...
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12 December 2019The SOM has released a new report "The Value of Occupational Health to Workplace Wellbeing".
The report was written by a team from the University of East Anglia led by Professor Kevin Daniels and Dr Jenny Napier.
To view and download your free copy of the report,...
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18 November 2019
SOM roundtable: Sleep and the workplace – November 2019
Sleep and fatigue in the workplace
The discussion was opened by Dr Karen Robertson. Dr Robertson...
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11 November 2019SOM and FOM welcome the focus on work and health in the UK Government’s 2019 “Health is...
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30 October 2019
Guest blog by John Harrison, Senior Medical Advisor, National Police Wellbeing Service
The launch of a new National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS) in April 2019[1] marked a...
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24 October 2019A review conducted by Dr Nupur Yogarajah, GP and Policy Intern for the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM).
Increasing Occupational Health (OH) professionals across the multidisciplinary workforce is necessary to meet the demand of providing OH services to all those who work. This requires:
- An overarching strategy to...
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23 October 2019
By Lesley Kezhu Wang
There are many issues with menopause at work - negatively impacting the wellbeing of female employees and productivity - action must be taken. Speakers included Carolyn Harris MP, Rachel Maclean MP...