Mental health

A new research study into workers’ mental health problems has called on employers to take greater account of an individual’s needs when planning their return to work.

Workplaces have become part of a national conversation on mental health and stress, but the tension between individual interventions and structural change remains.

The World Health Organization has issued a safety charter calling for 5 actions improve healthcare worker safety.

From AI and corporate transparency to mental health at work, IOSH is loud in its calls to revitalise public policy, writes Richard Jones CFIOSH.

Depression, loneliness, fear: the effects of COVID-19 on mental health are still rippling out into the workforce, writes OSH research adviser Christopher Davis, effacing the boundaries between work and personal life. But OSH professionals can help improve resilience.

The theme of this year's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is kindness.

We are in unprecedented times. We are navigating unchartered waters. As OSH professionals, our skills and ability to make dynamic risk assessment, to help businesses make informed risk-based choices and protect people have never been more critical.

Ward’s ‘chaotic’ risk management leads to £120,000 fine

Empowering and supporting staff that have poor mental health can be a valuable facilitator in keeping them in work, as recent IOSH-funded research revealed

Results from the first industry benchmarking exercise against the Thriving at Work Report standards have found that less than two-thirds of businesses in the highways sector are routinely monitoring their workforce’s mental health and wellbeing.