Elevate Your Workstation: Exploring the Benefits of Sit-Stand desks.
In today's sedentary work culture, finding ways to stay active and maintain good posture is crucial for our overall well-being. Sit-Stand...
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Insight Workplace Health
Aug 4, 20235 min
Understanding the Benefits of Drug and Alcohol Testing: Protecting Your Business and Employees
In today's fast-paced and competitive business world, ensuring the safety and well-being of your employees is paramount. One crucial...
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 25, 20233 min
Health Surveillance: Under and Over Health Surveillance
Health surveillance (HS) involves regular medical checks being undertaken on employees, by occupational health clinicians, on behalf of...
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 20, 20233 min
Workstation, Ergonomic and Vehicle Assessments
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) and work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD) are a major cause of long-term sickness absence in the UK,...
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 14, 20232 min
Why does my business need occupational health?
Occupational health plays a crucial role in creating a safe and productive work environment. In this blog we'll explore how.
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 11, 20232 min
What is an occupational health assessment?
At Insight Workplace Health our occupational health clinicians undertake a wide variety of occupational health assessments to ensure that...
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 7, 20232 min
A guide to ill-health retirement (IHR)
If you are unable to work due to ill health, your employer will need to seek advice from an independent occupational health physician...
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 3, 20233 min
Wellness Action Plans (WAP)
Wellness Action Plans (WAP) are individual, evidence-based, pro-active tools for supporting individuals with their mental health and...
Insight Workplace Health
Jul 3, 20232 min
Driver Medicals
Ensuring that employees are fit to undertake all driving duties in their role is essential for the health and wellbeing of employees,...
Insight Workplace Health
Jun 22, 20234 min
Seven top tips for the first seven days of employee sickness absence
First published by Dr Lara Shemtob in the work and health Substack to reach a wider audience on how the incentives around work and health ca
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 26, 20233 min
FAQs About GP or Consultant Reports for Occupational Health and/or Ill Health
Why do Occupational Health (OH) want to contact my GP or Consultant? Occupational health clinicians (nurses or physicians) may feel it is...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 25, 20232 min
Case Conferences in Occupational Health
What is a case conference? A case conference is a face to face, or virtual, meeting between the employee (and trusted friend or union...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 25, 20233 min
Biological Monitoring in Occupational Health
What is biological monitoring? Biological monitoring is a method of chemical exposure assessment of toxic compounds, elements, or their...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 25, 20235 min
Audiometry FAQs
The Control of Noise at Work Regulations (2005) require employers to reduce the risk of exposure to noise in the workplace for all...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 18, 20233 min
Safety Critical Medicals - Everything you need to know
What is a safety critical role and why do my employees need a safety critical medical? A workplace role may be defined as being safety...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 12, 20233 min
A Guide to Occupational Skin Disease and Skin Assessment
Occupational skin disease may be caused by exposure to a physical, chemical, or biological substances or repetitive mechanical force and...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 12, 20232 min
A Guide to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD)
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are one of the leading causes of absence from work and employers have a legal duty to avoid potentially...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 11, 20233 min
Respiratory Assessment and Spirometry FAQ's
Depending upon the industry occupation in which you work, the workplace risk assessment and method statement (RAMS) regarding respiratory...
Insight Workplace Health
Apr 3, 20232 min
Global Asbestos Awareness Week 2023
Insight Workplace Health are proud to support Global Asbestos Awareness Week, 1-7 April 2023 Asbestos remains the UK’s biggest cause of...
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Mar 28, 20231 min
World Autism Acceptance Week
Insight Workplace Health are proud to support World Autism Acceptance Week, 27 March - 2 April There are over 700,000 autistic people...
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