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15 May 2023
Guest blog by Graham Huggins, NATTC Ltd
The neurodiversity movement recognises that individuals have different neurological profiles and abilities, and that these differences...
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10 May 2023Guest blog by Benna Waites and Andrew Cooper, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, NHS Wales
By their very nature, employee investigations will cause considerable anxiety and distress to individuals who are being taken through them.
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04 May 2023
Guest blog by Nandy Blay
My task was to design a comprehensive and responsive occupational health (OH) service for the mine, to undertake a health needs and risk assessment. I was also to advise on OH service provision.
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17 April 2023SOM is concerned about government cuts to pledges to support the health and social care workforce. There are currently 250,000 vacancies across health and social care. Working conditions in both sectors are challenging, with consequences for sickness absence, retention, and high turnover of staff. Work in health and...
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05 April 2023Guest blog by Amy McKeown, Strategist and Consultant in Organisational Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing
One of the missed opportunities in my work as a workplace health, mental health and wellbeing consultant is how occupational health (OH) is...
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30 March 2023
Guest blog by Dr Lara Shemtob
The government have acknowledged the gap in occupational health provision (OH), in the...
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29 March 2023If you are experienced in occupational health (OH) nursing or work in OH as an allied health professional and want to support the specialty, SOM, the National School of Occupational Health and providers such as PAM and Cordell Health would encourage you to apply for this new opportunity. Training support will be...
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28 March 2023
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24 March 2023With increasing concerns around the working conditions and psychological wellbeing of staff in the NHS, questions have been raised about how best to support staff wellbeing. Research is clear that wellbeing interventions that target the organisation and staff’s working environment work better than...
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17 March 2023- No screen time for the hour before going to bed.
- Put the day to bed before you go to bed. Tidy up any loose ends from your day and get yourself ready for the following day long before you plan to go to bed.
- Have a note pad by your bed to write down thoughts...