The Occupational Health Research Award offers grant aid of £25,000 for UK-based academics, researchers and organisations to enable them carry out studies aimed at improving the occupational health of people Continue Reading →
Almost one third of all National Health Service (NHS) staff have had the coronavirus, according to the findings of a survey by GMB – the UK’s general trade union. GMB’s Continue Reading →
The UK industrial injuries scheme is not protecting workers from developing occupational diseases including Covid-19, according to the Labour members of the Scottish Parliament. Labour is calling for Scotland to Continue Reading →
The assessment by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that Covid-19 in not a “serious” workplace risk has been described as “beyond belief” by Labour’s Shadow Employment Secretary Andy McDonald. Continue Reading →
The head of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) has praised the ‘unsung health and safety heroes’, and noted that 2020 was arguably the most challenging year ever for workplace Continue Reading →
The UK Government must take action against care homes refusing to employ staff hesitant about having the Covid vaccine, or intimidating others into having the injection by linking it to Continue Reading →
The Blue Light Symphony Orchestra, the UK’s only orchestra for all emergency services personnel, is calling on the public to use their daily lockdown exercise time and show their support Continue Reading →
As the UK continues to battle the coronavirus, the work of firefighters in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic may be extended until late August, following agreement between the Fire Brigades Continue Reading →
NHS healthcare workers, medics and care home workers will now have access to reusable protective gowns, under a new partnership between the government and the UK laundry industry. The idea Continue Reading →
There must be more prosecutions, tougher sentencing and a culture change to address the widespread attacks on emergency workers, the union GMB has said. New figures have revealed that between Continue Reading →