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The article reports that the Society of Occupational Medicine, the Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and the University of Glasgow held a summit in November to discuss the issue of how reducing one risk to control Covid-19 may cause risk. Topics include examines that occupational medicine and health and safety is based on risk assessments.

The article offers some of the useful toolkits, advice and guidance that are available to occupational health (OH) practitioners wrestling. It mentions that occupational health practitioners will inevitably need to keep fully abreast of the regularly updated information being published by Public Health England. It also mentions Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) toolkit is free to download from the society's website.

The article offers information on the Health and Wellbeing at Work conference that was held in March 2019. Topics discussed include views of Anne Raynal, member of the British Medical Association's occupational medicine committee, on the provision of occupational health services, the importance of occupational health surveillance and views of Anne de Bono, president of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, on occupational medicine.

The article focuses on how to manage, and risk manage, work-exacerbated asthma, and the important role occupational health (OH) can play. It mentions characterised by airway inflammation, bronchial hyperreactivity and bronchospasm leading to symptoms of recurring chest tightness, wheezing coughing and breathlessness. It also mentions broad categories of work-related asthma and workplace exposure to aggravating agents, including exercise, fumes and dusts.

The article presents news briefs related to the occupational health and wellbeing in Great Britain as of June 2018. Topics discussed include British employers more likely to offer mental health support to staff than their global counterparts; impact of stress and anxiety on the productivity of workers in Great Britain and new technology fund announced by Great Britain's Dept. for Work and Pensions.

The article discusses the response of the Great Britain government to Matthew Taylor's Review of Modern Working Practices for occupational health (OH). It further mentions about how the health and wellbeing of "gig" and precarious economy workers can be better protected and supported; government agrees that equal importance should be placed on the quality and quantity of work; and the importance and value of reporting on wellbeing, safety and security.

The article presents an outline of the proposed health needs assessment (HNA) for railway and logistics workers, who manage their diabetes with medication. The first step of the occupational HNA is to identify a health improvement need in a specific population. The identified safety-critical workers registered at an undisclosed site to ensure that the sample size is manageable.

The article reports on the February 2021 interim advisory note issued by the British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) regarding the implementation of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) control measures in the workplace in addition to COVID-19 vaccination programs.

The article offers occupational health and wellbeing news briefs around Great Britain. Topics discussed include decline in number of adult cigarette smokers, according to a "Statistics on Smoking, England: 2019" report published by NHS Digital; a study on impact of mental health first-aid interventions in the workplace conducted by Mental Health First Aid; and the implementation of sexual harassment policy by employers.

The article focuses on a survey conducted by Stress Awareness Month in April 2020, which reveals that less number of employees have claimed never to experience work-related stress in Great Britain; and majority of employees have experienced feelings of anxiety.

The article offers news briefs related to health and safety on topics including the malaria risk in offshore accident and medical cases, the safety award to engineering company McCann, and the guide on health and safety by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

The article offers information on the concerns about the impact of global warming, hot summers on health and wellbeing. Topics include planning for heat waves as a critical part of health and safety strategy; working temperature depends on the activity being performed as well as environmental conditions of workplace and identifying potential hazards such as employees travelling to work, air quality and temperature in workplace. Also mentions physical effects of employees working in the heat.

The article looks at study commissioned by the charity Eye Health UK and Vision Express which found nine in 10 British businesses are failing to meet their legal responsibilities to protect the sight of their workforce and need to combat the visual stress associated with prolonged screen use.

The article offers information on the positive changes to the Health and Safety Executive, government agency of Great Britain, firms' health and safety culture to enhance employees' lives and for benefits of improved health and safety practices.

The article reports on the data from the Health and Safety Executive indicating fewer decline in work-related mortality among workers in Great Britain.

The article discusses the importance of psychological safety for promoting welfare and physical safety among employees in Great Britain. It talks about creating a workplace that will give the opportunity to the employees to thrive and the effective initiatives taken by the employers to ensure the occupational health safety.

The article presents information on health and safety fines imposed on companies of Great Britain as analysed by law firm BLM.

The article reports on the shortcomings revealed by a study conducted by the Accident Advice Helpline regarding the reporting of workplace hazard in Great Britain where the employees do not know the right person to report the hazard due to lack of training and communication.

The article reports on the argument by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IoSH) that business leaders would have greater incentive to improve health and safety if their performance in this area was more transparent and if their pay and bonuses were linked to it.

The article reports on a study which found that the largest fine in Great Britain for health and safety incidents have increased substantially in 2016.

The article reports on a guidance launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in Great Britain to help employers and unions-representatives better manage stress in the workplace.

The article presents news briefs related to occupational health, including workplaces with dedicated health and safety, dangers at construction workplaces, and an inspection by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

The article focuses on a study conducted by personal injury solicitors firm Hayward Baker regarding impact of unsafe and unsanitary working conditions on British workers' health, and mentions that several workers feel workplace as a health hazard.

The article focuses on a research by Specsavers Corporate Eyecare regarding the effectiveness of safety eyewear for employers, and presents the views of Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at the firm, regarding the same.

The article provides information on impact of British exit from European Union membership on occupational safety and health including views of Paul Nicholson, chairman at British Medical Association on the same.

The article discusses a Freedom of Information request by the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians which reveals decline in number of inspections by the Health and Safety Executive on construction sites in Great Britain along with views of union's general secretary Brian Rye on it.

The article reports that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a five-year strategy that is designed to help people and organisations across Great Britain's better engage with health and safety.

The article informs that research published in November 2015 by the University of East Anglia's Norwich Business School reveal that construction union UCATT has warned that the absence of sick pay for some workers can endanger not only their own lives but also of their co-workers.