As the effects of the pandemic intensified last year, the range of social and economic challenges that came with it were beyond anything many of us could have anticipated. When the mask mandate came into effect on the 24th July last year, the seemingly small added expense of buying face masks was not one many […]
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World Day For Safety And Health At Work 2021 This year we focussed on the importance of training and knowledge when it comes to respiratory health. Britain continues to be one of the safest places to work in the world, yet last year 12,000 people died of preventable lung disease. You can find out […]
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Starting in 2003, the International Labour Organization (ILO) began to observe World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28th April in order to emphasise the importance of the prevention of accidents and diseases at work. The campaign’s main goal is to raise awareness internationally of the true scale of the problem and how […]
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Current UK COVID-19 guidance does not require FFP3 respirators to be worn by healthcare staff on general wards, but new research suggests that highly effective respirators should be used in a far wider range of environments to keep front-line workers safe in the workplace. Respiratory experts state in new editorial published in The BMJ, that […]
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