articleA day in the life of Julian Dowson
Each issue HSM speaks to a member of the BOHS about the challenges and rewards of working as an occupational hygienist. This issue we talk to Julian Dowson, director of Peritus Health Management.
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productSafeguarding health in the workplace
The extended and improved XS balance line incorporates patented weighing technologies to ensure accurate results whilst ergonomic design features provide outstanding comfort to protect user health during daily weighing tasks.
newsWork-life pressures put employees’ health at risk
People are finding workplace pressures increasingly difficult to deal with and often more stressful than personal issues, according to new research from Bupa UK.
productOccupational rehabilitation resource
Occupational health professionals have a new “pragmatic occupational rehabilitation” resource to resolve costly return-to-work problems. It clarifies the work staff can handle and the line manager’s role in their recovery.
productCall to businesses on modern day slavery: Become part of the cure and not the problem
Arco, a leading UK safety company, has made a call to businesses, urging them to ask the suppliers within their supply chain about their ethical assurance measures, in particular about due diligence processes in relation to slavery and human trafficking in their business and supply chains.
articleA Day in the Life of Katie Dugdale
Each issue HSM speaks to a member of the BOHS about the challenges and rewards of working as an occupational hygienist. This issue we talk to occupational hygienist at BAE Systems, Katie Dugdale.
newsMen less likely to seek medical attention for injuries?
Men over 45 years old are less likely to seek medical attention if they are injured, despite them suffering more severe injuries than women, according to a survey carried out by injury management specialist, Össur Webshop.
newsCharity urges employers to become hearing loss confident
Charity Action on Hearing Loss has published a new report which reveals that almost one in three businesses would not feel confident employing someone with hearing loss.
newsUK sickness absence costing £23.5bn a year
A new report sets out a plan to reform the sickness benefits system to make it fit for modern health conditions. This comes ahead of the closure of the Department for Work and Pensions’ consultation; ‘Work, health and disability: improving lives’ on Friday.
newsConstruction professionals spearhead health & safety drive
A recently held Pan-Industry Construction Industry Summit, hosted by The Association of Project Safety (APS) at the Royal Institution, London, agreed to continue working together to tackle injuries and incidences of long term physical and mental ill health, directly attributed to unsafe working practices and reduce the number of fatal accidents (around one per week and the number of deaths caused by ill health (100 deaths/week).
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