Professor John Gallagher Chairs HSE Group On The Development of New Standards For Quality And Safety In Occupational Health Services In Ireland. Last week, the HSE launched new occupational health standards for occupational health services at the very first annual conference of the Workplace Health and Wellbeing Unit Education Centre, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin. The aim […]
COGNATE HEALTH BECOMES FIRST1 IRISH OWNED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH COMPANY IN IRELAND TO BE RECOMMENDED FOR ISO27001 CERTIFICATION The ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System provides requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving an information security management system (ISMS). Cognate Health have worked through the planning and implementation of the system over the past 12 months. […]
Well, it’s that time of the year again – no, not Christmas (yet) but time for the Cognate Health team to take part in the annual Run in the Dark on November 11th. Training for the run has focused our minds on exercise, as it tends to do. We all know that sometimes we need to increase […]
“It is, therefore, heartening to discover that businesses that truly do well for their workers also do well for their investors.” Wellness in the workplace is one area where there are few people in the middle ground. In general terms, there are those who firmly believe that improving wellbeing at work leads to business benefit […]
Is loneliness at work an issue? I am writing this on a cold wet Friday in October. It is the end of another busy week. Many workers will have gone for a drink with colleagues or friends on the way home. Many will look forward to meeting colleagues on Monday morning, however some will not. This is […]
Breast cancer is a significant cause of mortality and morbidity. It is the most common cancer in women and in Ireland, one in eleven women are at risk of developing breast cancer. As occupational health professionals, we are frequently asked to advise both the patient and employer on return to work issues. I recently came […]
Though asbestos is now banned in Ireland, the toxic mineral remains in many buildings constructed before the 1980s. Be sure you and your employer take the proper steps to minimise your risk of asbestos exposure. Occupational asbestos exposure is the leading cause of mesothelioma and other life-threatening asbestos-related diseases. The prognosis for mesothelioma is particularly unfavourable, so […]
So how can you help yourself to stay mentally healthy? 1. Getting regular exercise helps, as does eating healthily. So how can you help yourself to stay mentally healthy? 1. Getting regular exercise helps, as does eating healthily. So how can you help yourself to stay mentally healthy? 1. Getting regular exercise helps, as does […]
The Financial Times yesterday published an opinion piece by a senior economist at Rand Europe, a not for profit research institute that helps to improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.
A few years ago I wrote a blog post on the health issues associated with sitting for long periods of time at work. Since then there has been a significant increase…