January 10, 2014
April 26, 2013
Health-care leaders meeting for the first time since the reformed NHS system came into operation earlier this month have signed pledges in support of employee health and well-being. Read More
April 11, 2013
The HSE has announced it has begun a formal investigation into the circumstances of the death in April 2007 of Gillian Astbury, an in-patient at Stafford Hospital. Read More
April 10, 2013
New research has revealed that people who experience needlestick injuries can suffer persistent and substantial psychiatric illness, or depression. Read More
April 9, 2013
An Olympics-inspired pilot aimed at encouraging NHS Wales staff to improve their health recently came to an end, with just over a third of the workers who signed up to the campaign seeing it through to the end. Read More
April 2, 2013
A free, confidential phone line for NHS staff who wish to raise any concerns about practices in NHSScotland launched today (2 April). Read More
April 2, 2013
Prof Cary Cooper considers the importance of protecting employees' mental health and well-being and insists that greater focus on these issues complements rather than conflicts with efforts and initiatives aimed at improving growth and companies' bottom lines. Read More
April 2, 2013
David Osborn examines the legal arguments Read More
March 27, 2013
In the wake of the patient-safety scandal at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, the Government has promised to ensure the HSE has suitable resource to use its full prosecution powers in incidents where criminally negligent practice in hospitals is identified. Read More
March 15, 2013
Three years on from a major review of the NHS, which identified the potential for the organisation to reduce sickness absence by a third, progress in this area has been limited, a report by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) has revealed. Read More