Dublin ’s Winthrop Technologies to create 200 new roles in Ireland
Winthrop Technologies is recruiting engineers, project managers, quantity surveyors and environmental, health and safety personnel. Winthrop Technologies, an Irish-based provider of turnkey services to the European data centre market, is going on a recruitment drive to support its recent…#winthroptechnologies #irish #dublin #ireland #winthrop #belgium #netherlands #poland #sweden #spain (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FAA Should Improve Substance Misuse Programs and Data Collection for Pilot and Flight Attendant Health and Safety, Says New Report
The FAA should update the Human Intervention Motivational Study program for pilots and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program to follow best practices in the substance use disorder treatment fields — and improve data collection and transparency to better serve the health and well-being of pilots and flight attendants. (Source: News from the National Academies)
Source: News from the National Academies - June 27, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Impacts of hot climatic conditions on work, health, and safety in Australia: a case study of policies in practice in the construction industry - Fatima SH, Rothmore P, Giles LC, Bi P.
Workers in many industries are frequently exposed to hot weather conditions. To protect workers' health and safety, it is important to evaluate the existing heat-related policies practiced in workplaces in accordance with national guidelines. We used a cas... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
Working in heat: Contrasting heat management approaches among outdoor employees and contractors - Goodman J, Humphrys E, Newman F.
Exposure to high heat and humidity in the workplace is a critical health and safety issue. In Australia, where heat waves are occurring with more frequency and intensity the risks posed by occupational heat exposure have been acknowledged by employer group... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news
America ’s Second Year Post-Roe Will Be Even More Contentious
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federally protected right to abortion one year ago, public-health and legal experts were armed to the teeth with predictions about what the complicated fights over reproductive care would look like in all 50 states. Experts warned that key steps of the anti-abortion movement’s path to a total abortion ban could include attempts to establish fetal personhood laws, criminalize pregnant women facing complications and miscarriages, and access citizens’ private data to enforce restrictions.
Since last June, 14 U.S. states have enacte...
Source: TIME: Health - June 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized abortion healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Evaluating the effectiveness of strategies for implementation of health and safety programs on construction sites in Nigeria: a mixed-method study - Aka A, Awuzie B, Emuze F, Adewale Shittu A.
INTRODUCTION: Empirical and anecdotal evidence show that construction projects are delivered on work sites where unsafe acts and conditions abound. Researchers have investigated the strategies that can be adopted to effectively implement health and safety ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Constructs of leading indicators: a synthesis of safety literature - Bayramova A, Edwards DJ, Roberts C, Rillie I.
INTRODUCTION: Leading indicators represent an invaluable tool that offer organizations the capability to: track health and safety performance, not just failures and accidents; measure effectiveness of safety efforts adopted; and focus on undesired precurso... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 24, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
UNISON ’ s response to Labour ’s new Green Prosperity Plan
The Labour party announced their new Green Prosperity Plan in a speech by leader of the party, Sir Kier Starmer, in Edinburgh on Monday.
Outlining the key elements of the party’s plan, the Labour leader called it “the race of a lifetime,” and added “the prize is real.”
The plan aims to make the UK a global green leader through a just transition to net zero. Sir Kier added: “We’re going to throw everything at this: planning reform, procurement, long-term finance, R&D, a strategic plan for skills and supply chains. A new plan for a new settlement … all pulling together for a simple, unifying priority: ...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - June 21, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News Christina McAnea green green economy green unison Green UNISON Week Source Type: news
NC health director during Covid pandemic confirmed as CDC's new chief
Earlier reports that former North Carolina public health official Dr. Mandy Cohen will take over as the new director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have now been confirmed by the White House.
“Dr. Cohen is one of the nation’s top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex organizations, and a proven track-record protecting Americans’ health and safety,” President Joe Biden said in a Friday statement.
Biden pointed to Cohen’s… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - June 20, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rebecca Grapevine Source Type: news
Nigeria: Tinubu Promises Support for Eradicating Polio, Measles, Malaria in Nigeria, Africa
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu has pledged to give priority attention to the health and safety of Nigerians, noting that for any country to develop, the health of its people, particularly the workforce, is critical. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - June 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Health and Medicine Malaria Nigeria Polio West Africa Source Type: news
Dr. Mandy Cohen Selected As New CDC Head
NEW YORK — Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced Friday.
Unlike the last two people to serve as head of the nation’s top federal public health agency, Cohen has prior experience running a government agency: She was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 until last year. Before that, she held health-related jobs at two federal agencies.
“Dr. Cohen is one of the nation’s top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex ...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health wire Source Type: news
Police forces in England and Wales could face a combined budget shortfall of more than £700m by 2026, warns UNISON
An analysis of police financial forecasts has revealed forces in England and Wales could face a combined budget shortfall of almost £721m by 2026, potentially putting public safety at risk, says UNISON today (Friday).
The data, based on medium-term financial plans submitted by individual police forces to their local police and crime panels, reveals drastic cuts to the spending planned.
The worst affected is the Metropolitan Police (£282m), followed by West Midlands (£34m) and Kent (£31m). Together the three forces will have a combined budget deficit of £347m by 2026.
While forecasts aren’t set in stone, p...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release Christina McAnea police and justice Source Type: news
Police forces in England and Wales could face a £700m budget shortfall, warns UNISON
An analysis of police financial forecasts has revealed forces in England and Wales could face a combined budget shortfall of almost £721m by 2026, potentially putting public safety at risk, says UNISON today (Friday).
The data, based on medium-term financial plans submitted by individual police forces to their local police and crime panels, reveals drastic cuts to the spending planned.
The worst affected is the Metropolitan Police (£282m), followed by West Midlands (£34m) and Kent (£31m). Together the three forces will have a combined budget deficit of £347m by 2026.
While forecasts aren’t set in stone, p...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 15, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Fatima Ayad Tags: News Press release Christina McAnea police and justice Source Type: news
Conference urged to fight for truth and justice in COVID inquiry
UNISON’s national delegate conference in Liverpool opened its afternoon session yesterday with Professor Lynn Sudbury-Riley speaking of her work with the COVID Bereaved Families for Justice.
She opened by saying: “Today is a special day, because while there have been lots of rounds of preliminary hearings and meetings, today, the public hearings for the COVID-19 inquiry finally begin.”
She explained the importance of the inquiry to her, personally, “due to the way my lovely dad died back in March 2020 – he’d gone into the Royal Liverpool Hospital not far from here because of a foot operation a few weeks earlier...
Source: UNISON Health care news - June 14, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News 2023 National Delegate Conference covid covid inquiry Source Type: news
2 blind passengers say they were ordered to leave cruise ship: report
Two blind passengers told ITV News they were ordered to leave a P&O Cruises ship. • Pam May and Jennie Bailie said the order was due to "health and safety reasons." • P&O Cruises offered them a full refund after first charging the pair a cancellation fee. Two blind passengers who were ordered to…#itvnews #jenniebailie #pocruises #pammay #ventura #westsussex #southampton #po #virginvoyages #donovantildesley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
