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Mental health support to be offered to NHS staff around the clock
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Mental health support to be offered to NHS staff around the clock
Social housing provider exposed workers to vibration
Vibration
Social housing provider exposed workers to vibration
Heightened cancer risk from welding fume exposure prompts HSE to tighten controls
Hazardous substances
Heightened cancer risk from welding fume exposure prompts HSE to tighten controls

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Amnesty’s management culture contributed to ‘toxic’ environment, report finds

An independent report into staff wellbeing at Amnesty International has called on the human rights champion to help managers improve their relational and communication skills, emotional intelligence and ability to manage conflict after the working environment was described as often “toxic”.
Work at height
HSE-sponsored research seeks to build remote visual inspection and wearables capability

Sponsors are being sought to co-fund two shared research projects, which will help the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) improve the use of remote inspection technologies and increase take-up of wearables in the workplace.
Wellbeing
UK government seeks views on extending redundancy protection for new mothers

Women who return to work after maternity leave will be better protected against redundancy under new government plans to tackle discrimination.

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Discussion about investing in employee health and wellbeing programmes
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Table talk: Key stressors
How to support employees mental health through wellbeing programmes
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Head start
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Value judgements

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Driven to distraction

Inattentive and distracted drivers carry risks for their employers as well as the public.

Mental health
APOSHO 33

The Asia Pacific OSH gathering heard about a range of initiatives to reduce its excessive workplace fatality toll. 
Mental health
Table talk: mental health

We summarise an expert discussion convened by IOSH on how employers support mental health and the role of mental health first aider. 

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Alison Thewliss MP, Chair, APPG on Working at Height
Alison Thewliss, MP
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the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Working at Height’s new report, 'Staying Alive'
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Andrew Sharman CFIOSH
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key lessons from Simon Sinek’s, Start with Why

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