Health & Safety

This page contains a summary of the latest health & safety news, supplier news, blogs and analysis. To see more items, click the link at the end of each category.

News

Head teachers blame Gove for their stress

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Head teachers have told the Education Secretary Michael Gove that they are suffering from stress caused by his policies. They also gave him a vote of no confidence. However, Gove…

Study suggests retirement can damage your health

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A study by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has suggested that retirement has a negative impact on mental and physical health. The research, published by the think tank, suggests…

Companies and director sentenced after worker’s fatal fall

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The director of a concrete structures firm has been ordered to pay a total of £25,000 in fines and costs after a worker died following a fall from height at…

Mental Health Awareness Week 2013

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2013 runs from 13-19 May and the theme for this year’s campaign is physical activity and exercise, highlighting the impact they have on mental health and…

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Supplier News

Nuffield Health invest £69million into services, reveals Annual Report 2012

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Nuffield Health, the UK’s leading healthcare social enterprise, today publishes its annual report for 2012. The charity continues to extend the scale and scope of its operations against an uncertain…

Aviva launches backtobetter to help employees get better, quicker

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Over 40,000 corporate PMI members have benefited from Aviva’s musculoskeletal (MSK) rehabilitation services Reduction in MSK costs across a number of corporate PMI clients of more than 20% seen, when…

Capita’s health and wellbeing business expands team

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Capita’s health and wellbeing business today announces two new appointments. Janette Hiscock joins Capita as divisional sales and marketing director, while Scot Smith has been appointed as managing director for…

Bupa launches mobile occupational health screening

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Bupa has introduced new mobile occupational health screening units for corporate clients. The large vans, which replicate Bupa’s static occupational health facilities, were created to reduce the number of working…

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Analysis

Ann McCracken: Respect, Trust and Advanced Communication to improve the bottom line

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Ann McCracken, Managing Director AMC2 and a Vice President of the International Management Association (ISMAUK), will be chairing the Health @ Work Summit on the 20th June 2013. The 2013 Health @ Work…

Claire Genkai Breeze: Your body doesn’t know what you earn

Claire Genkai, co founder of Relume Ltd, will be speaking at the Health @ Work Summit in London on the 20th June 2013. She will be discussing how to manage work…

New Year, new staff, new security risks

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Clearswift’s top five tips to staying safe in 2013. Businesses nationwide are set to begin 2013 with cyber security higher up the corporate agenda, thanks to the Government’s renewed efforts…

Is your business fit enough?

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As we entered 2012 and the new calendar year, people up and down the country were undoubtedly taking a long hard look at themselves, and thinking about what they would…

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Blogs

Teresa Budworth: Permit to work, not to fall ill

safety equipment

Whenever we think of health and safety we tend to think about employees. But what about others who visit our workplaces, such as maintenance and repair contractors. How do we…

Teresa Budworth: Feeling a bit awkward? Help is on its way!

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Let’s face it, it can feel a little bit awkward talking to people about their health problems. Bodily functions and failings aren’t exactly the greatest topic of conversation. Many illnesses…

Teresa Budworth: Check your waste, it may contain a life

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A few months ago a homeless man from Merseyside was tragically killed after climbing into a commercial waste container. He’d entered the large wheelie bin for some shelter and to…

Bryan Matthew: Evaluating the process and increase engagement

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We are now within two weeks of the Workplace Wellbeing & Stress Summit 2012 taking place, and in this concluding article of how you can move people from Stress to…

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