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24 November 2022
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Each issue, British Safety Council will use this page to answer YOUR questions.
Please send any problems, issues or general enquiries about health, safety and wellbeing to policy@britsafe.org and their experts will respond in future issues.
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10 November 2022
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When it comes to work-related stress, prevention is key. Natalie Sherborne shares some advice from the new NEBOSH HSE Certificate in Managing Stress at Work, which was developed in collaboration with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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09 February 2022
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Now is the time to make talking about stress and how people are coping, as routine as managing workplace safety, says Elizabeth Goodwill.
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02 March 2018
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There are some careers you simply should not consider if you are a bit of a day-dreamer: air-traffic controller, interpreter at the UN Security Council, public-transport driver, heavy-machinery operator. Even a momentary lapse in concentration while fulfilling these demanding roles can result in disaster. Tina Weadick explains how complete awareness and total focus – in other words, mindfulness – can be of benefit to both employee and employer
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13 September 2016
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We all have different capacities for stress in our lives but making sure our stress bucket doesn’t overflow can be a challenge. With 70 million days lost from work each year due to mental health, Joanne Hankinson, HR business partner at building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, discusses how businesses can help increase employees’ resilience to stress-related conditions to reduce the impact on both themselves and their organisation.
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27 May 2015
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PMI Health Group director Mike Blake considers the fallout of cuts in NHS provision and the options for tackling the rising risk of absenteeism.
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27 April 2015
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Dr Karen McDonnell, occupational safety and health policy adviser at RoSPA, writes that a company’s responsibility to its employees goes beyond simply keeping them safe at work and states the case for robust monitoring of fitness to work.
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