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Whether you’ve never cycled before, not ridden in a while or cycle every day, Cycle to Work Day is for you. It’s a day to get in the saddle and experience the brilliant benefits everyday cycling offers – mental, physical and financial – first-hand. What is Cycle to Work Day?…
Diabetes Week (10-16th June) is a week to make some noise, raise awareness and shout about the things that matter to people with diabetes, shining a light on what it’s like to live with day in, day out. This year the focus is on the checks you need when you…
Healthy Eating Week is 10-14th June 2024 – The aim of healthy Eating week is to highlight and celebrate health diet and lifestyle. The theme is Encouraging everyone to ‘give it a go’ this Health Eating week. Get at Least 5 a day Stay hydrated Move more Focus on fibre…
Men’s Health Week is 10-16th June 2024 and we are helping to raise awareness. Suicide is the largest cause of death for men under 50. Three times as many men as women die by suicide. Higher rates of suicide are also found in minority communities, including war veterans, and those…
Alcohol Awareness Week 2024 will take place from 1 to 7 July on the theme of ‘Understanding alcohol harm’. Alcohol is often a source of pleasure, but it can also cause serious harms. As with all drugs, alcohol misuse can lead to a wide variety of problems, ranging from severe…
If somebody told me that I would be measuring respirable crystalline silica (RCS) exposure in a quarry in Yorkshire or welding fume in Birmingham whilst studying Biomedicine, I would have said “what on earth are you talking about?” My degree dissertation was on the respiratory sinus arrythmia so when I…
The Prime Minister is expected to announce plans to review the fit note system for those who are not well enough to work to support a ‘may be fit for work’ approach. The response from the Society of Occupational Medicine is available here. We believe that to effectively support a…
Our Angel of the North Georgia Stockdale, Occupational Health Technician stood by the Angel of the North in Newcastle. Georgia was on her way back from a manufacturing site in Northumberland where she’s been doing health surveillance for exposure to noise, dust and skin hazards. What is workplace exposure monitoring?…