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Unlocking the Power of Rest Exploring the Connection Between Sleep and Success

In our fast-paced society, the value of restful sleep is often overlooked or sacrificed in...

The Role of Occupational Health in Addressing Sleep Deprivation in the Workplace

Sleep deprivation has become a prevalent issue in the modern workplace, with profound consequences for...

The Importance of Self-Care in the Workplace: Tips for Busy Professionals

In today’s fast-paced work environments, prioritising self-care is essential for maintaining overall well-being and optimal...

How to Celebrate National Workaholics Day and Promote Work-Life Balance

National Workaholics Day serves as a timely reminder for individuals to reflect on their work...

Addressing Work-Related Stress on World Population Day

World Population Day serves as a reminder to address the challenges faced by a growing...

Reducing Stress and Improving Mental Health: Tips for Men

In today’s fast-paced world, stress has become a common companion for many men. Balancing work,...

Quick and Effective Workouts for Busy Men

For many busy men, finding time to incorporate exercise into their daily routines can be...

Healthy Foods for Men: Fuelling Your Body for Optimal Health

Maintaining a healthy diet is essential for overall well-being, and it becomes even more crucial...

10 Healthy Recipes for Busy Employees to Boost Productivity

In today’s fast-paced world, busy employees often find themselves juggling multiple tasks and responsibilities, leaving...

Proper Lifting Techniques: How to Lift Heavy Objects Safely

Lifting heavy objects is a common task in various work environments, and if not done...

Men’s Health Week: Prioritising Your Health and Wellness

Men’s Health Week is an annual campaign aimed at raising awareness about the health challenges...

5 Easy Tips for Staying Active During Your Workday

In today’s sedentary work environment, finding ways to stay active during the workday is crucial...

Wellness Programs to Look Forward to in Your Workplace

Creating a supportive and healthy work environment is essential for both employee well-being and organisational...

Managing Common Health Concerns for Men: Prevention and Early Detection

Men’s health is a topic that deserves attention and proactive management. By prioritising prevention and...

Proper Lifting Techniques: How to Lift Heavy Objects Safely

Lifting heavy objects is a common task in various work environments, and if not done...

Wellness Programs to Look Forward to in Your Workplace

Creating a supportive and healthy work environment is essential for both employee well-being and organisational...

Managing Common Health Concerns for Men: Prevention and Early Detection

Men’s health is a topic that deserves attention and proactive management. By prioritising prevention and...

The Power of Mindfulness: Boosting Workplace Productivity and Mental Health

In today’s fast-paced world, workplace stress and burnout have become all too common. Many of...

Discover the Power of Meditation

As a health and well-being company, we believe that taking care of your mind and...

The Importance of Posture

Posture is something we often take for granted, yet it is incredibly important for our...

Perfect Your Posture: Tips and Tricks to Help with Posture

Latus Health understands that certain postures can lead to a variety of health problems, including...

IBD in the Workplace: Understanding the Disease, Its Impact, and How to Minimise Symptoms

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic condition that affects an estimated 300,000 people in...

Unlocking the Power of Stress: How Stress Can Fuel Your Success

Stress is a multifaced experience that affects each of us differently. We all have our...

The cost of COPD on your business

Respiratory conditions are a significant burden on the UK economy, with both employers and the...

Ditching Energy Drinks for Better Night Shifts

Working night shifts can be tough on the body, especially when you need to stay...

Sleep and Your Health

It’s a common myth that giraffes only require 1.9 hours of sleep per day. While...

The science behind sleep

Sleep is a natural and essential process that our bodies go through every night. Although...

Breaking Barriers and Advancing Healthcare: The Impact of Women Throughout the Ages

Throughout history, women have played a crucial role in shaping the healthcare landscape as we...

Helpful Habits for her: Construction Edition

Women in male-dominated industries, such as construction, face unique challenges and obstacles. This article puts...

The importance of ongoing occupational health services

Occupational health services are an essential aspect of maintaining the overall health and well-being of...

A Guide to Managing and Monitoring Subcontractors and Vendors in the UK

Managing the safety of subcontractors and vendors is an essential aspect of construction safety in...

Finding balance: Strategies for preventing burnout and maintaining a healthy work-life balance among teachers.

Preventing burnout and maintaining a healthy work-life balance is crucial for teachers to ensure their...

Labour of Love: Work Wellbeing Tips We Can Take From Emily In Paris.

France is known for its great workplace culture and high productivity rates so maybe we...

Simple Steps to Create a Healthy and Productive Work Environment

Creating a healthy work environment is crucial for the well-being and productivity of your employees....

2023 Workplace Wellbeing Trends

Well-being at work has become an increasingly important priority for businesses. With the challenges and...

Why employee wellbeing is a top priority in the workplace

Work is always more enjoyable and productive when staff engagement is high, but for this,...

What Is Workplace Health Surveillance?

While all employees expect to be able to work safely, in some industries, organisations or...

Health Surveillance and Statutory Medicals

For all organisations, keeping staff safe and well is a growing priority. It not only...

Taking a closer look into the poor working conditions in Santa’s Grotto.

For December Latus Heath has launched an intriguing campaign that is taking a closer look...

Three ways leaders can improve employee wellbeing for increased engagement

For greater productivity, performance and business results, research shows that prioritising employee wellbeing can have...

Compliance is non-negotiable – Top three effects of non-compliance on your business.

The term non-compliance is defined as ‘not obeying a rule or doing what was asked’,...

Management Referrals – Occupational Health Explained

A Management referral is a referral from an employer to the Occupational Health team, with...

The impact of the Cost-of-Living Crisis on the healthcare industry

I recently had the honour of being asked to speak to the British Health Alliance...

Workplace testing & screening: Focusing on your employee’s health

In the UK, staff absence costs the UK economy £77 billion. As well as the...

What does HSE’s report on potential hazardous atmospheres at ports mean to my business?

HSE has published a new research report which looks at potential worker exposure to hazardous...

Safety Critical Medicals: Remaining safe and compliant

In certain industries or job roles, ensuring employees’ health, safety and wellbeing are vital as...

Management Referrals: How to return to work safely

In 2021, an estimated 149.3 million working days were lost that year due to staff...

Health Surveillance: Why monitoring the health of your employees is important

For organisations across the UK, the health, welfare and wellbeing of staff is seeing a...

What is an Occupational Health Management Referral?

Management referrals are intended to address any health problems which may be affecting an employee’s...

Hard hitting campaign puts a focus on employee wellbeing in cities across the UK

This week saw the launch of our new campaign, Right here, right now. The hard...

What are Safety Critical and Fit For Work Medicals?

Some industries require workers to have a medical assessment prior to them starting work on...

UK Employment Report is a signal for employers to look at how they support their employees.

The UK Employment Report was released yesterday and makes for some interesting reading. A few...

Building a mental health friendly workplace. 7 Step guide to a healthier work environment.

  Supporting mental health in the workplace is important. In fact, when it comes to...

Has healthcare triggered a green revolution?

How the NHS net-zero ambitions force us to invest time and financial resources into our...

The next generation of healthcare is just around the corner.

Taking a brave peak into the future of healthcare doesn’t mean looking that far into...

Buzz for burnout: wearables and early burnout detection

Burnout seems to be the latest buzzword when it comes to employee wellbeing, appearing everywhere...

Study shows that 26% of construction workers have considered suicide

When it comes to health and safety in the construction industry, most would be right...

Things managers can do to be more confident in supporting employees mental health.

  It’s fair to say that knowing how to approach employee mental health support in...

Revealed: Europe and employee wellbeing

Employee wellbeing isn’t just about direct stressors at work. To get a full picture we...

Revealed: the worst UK regions for employee wellbeing

When it comes to employee wellbeing, the causes of stress and anxiety aren’t limited to...

What is a ‘carbon footprint’ and why should I care?

The term ‘carbon footprint’ is a bit misleading. It is not carbon that is being...

Burnout in the workplace and how to fix it

Burnout occurs in employees when there is no definite endpoint to an intense period of...

Blockchain: the future of storing medical records?

Privacy and data security are important, threatened concepts in today’s interconnected Internet of Things, Amazon...

Will the metaverse improve access to quality healthcare?

The great leveller or an opportunity to widen existing inequalities?  Since the pandemic, we’ve witnessed...

How to keep your remote employees happy

Working from home is a dream come true for many people. The ability to take...

Can being kind make you less depressed?

Does it pay to be kind? From ‘helper’s high’ to living longer, there are numerous...

Should businesses switch to employer-led healthcare?

Investing in occupational health is no longer a ‘nice to have’, but rather a must-have. ...

Retaining employees during the great resignation

People are quick to blame those lazy millennials; forgetting that even the older generation are...

The 4 day work week: should your business consider it?

It was recently announced that the UK will be piloting a 4 day work week...

Dry January: does going cold turkey improve your drinking habits?

For most of us, the pandemic has shown the sobering reality of our alcohol consumption....

Five benefits of a clean and tidy desk to well-being

A clean and organised desk may seem like a small detail, but it can actually...

Top 5 points on why workplace wellbeing is so important

Our working environment has evolved over the years. These days employee engagement levels is considered...

What is Face Fit testing and why it’s so important

A face fit test is a simple test which checks whether a person’s mask fits...

4 key steps to a successful referral management process

Have you recently identified an employee who has a health problem? How do you confidently...

Uncover the meaning of Health Surveillance…

As an Occupational Health provider, we often get asked the Health Surveillance meaning from an...

4 key reasons why is mental health in the workplace is important

Let’s face it HR Managers roles are challenging at the best of times and then...

What is Occupational Health & are they Doctors?

One of the most frequent questions our Health consultants often get asked is ‘Are Occupational...

It’s great to see you again after such a difficult time!

Keeping your employees safe is difficult at the best of times, and the COVID-19 outbreak...

Face Fit Testing Protocols & Procedures

Looking for face Fit Testing for your employees? Latus Health provides an industry leading service....

The NEW V-Health Passport

Facilitating a covid secure journey back to normality.   A groundbreaking new solution that will...

Workplace COVID-Secure

Is your business Covid-Secure? In response to many businesses in the UK getting ready to...

Face Fit Testing

The importance of a good fitting a face mask The current Covid-19 pandemic has made...

Managing High Blood Pressure in Health Surveillance

Discovering High Blood Pressure At Latus Health we are dedicated to striving to provide an...

New Tribe in the Urban Jungle

THE URBAN JUNGLE Were life begins and journeys start THE NEW TRIBE Latus health are...

Watch out COVID-19 we are fighting back!

We are all overly aware of the research to boost our immune system and be...

The Key to a successful surveillance

Building Trust Work health surveillance can be a ‘nerve-wracking’ event. The key to a successful...

How to survive , and even embrace lockdown as a Grannie

Let’s get creative on how to embrace lockdown! As we are all obviously feeling a...

10 Healthy Suggestions for Snacking

Do you have Snacking on the Brain? The brain requires energy to work, like the...

7 Steps to be a more Authentic Communicator

We tend to spend a lot of time talking. But what are we talking about....

6 Steps to Find your Core – Centre

When it comes to finding your CORE you need to be true to yourself, find...

Excel your Health Surveillance Recalls

Excel from the start… Health surveillance is a legal requirement on most working sites in...

The importance of a strong immune system during COVID-19 pandemic

Time to stay healthy for our Immune system… It’s is too early in the research...

Over 20,000 COVID-19 Deaths – Why RPE is important

What is RPE? RPE is issued as a means of control to prevent the inhalation...

5 Fruit & Veg portion size

5 a day??  What is your 5 Fruit & Veg portion size? Fruit and vegetables are...

Stand up for yourself!

Don’t be a couch potato! We are all at risk of becoming couch potatoes over the...

Be a Fish!

Why is what so important? Water is one of the most important nutrients our body...

Immunity boosting foods

Recent events have highlighted the importance of boosting our immune systems and easting healthily. Whenever...

10 COVID-19 myths debunked

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5 Key tips to look after your mental health and wellbeing if you are staying home

1. Plan your day We are all adjusting to a new, rather strange, way of...

Coronavirus: advice for employers and employees

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UK pledge to test 25,000 a day for virus

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COVID-19 The KEY Facts & Breakdown on the Government Strategy

Currently there is lot of confusion, stress and fear about the UK’s lack of action...

Time to Talk

Time to Talk Day 2020 will took place on Thursday 6 February.   On Time...

What is health surveillance?

What is health surveillance and why is it required? Health surveillance is a form of...

Making the Best use of Lifting and Handling Aids

Frequent and heavy lifting and handling can cause back injuries. Using lifting and handling aids...

Why is good ear health important?

Exposure to workplace noise can cause permanent hearing damage and even deafness, among other workplace...

Take on Dry January 2020

When January comes around, we may feel the need to take a break from alcohol....

4 Million cleaning Staff face significant health risks

According to European Health Agency 4 million cleaning staff are facing significant health risks with exposure...

Good Health is Good Business

Why is good Employee Health good for Business? In 2018, male full-time employees in the...

Support 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence

New advice to help employers deal with domestic abuse and stigma. 16 Days of Action...

Alcohol and Me

This week sees the launch of ‘’Alcohol and me’’ as alcohol plays a role in...

Sleep Awareness Week 2019

Here at Latus Health, we recognise sleep as one of the most important elements of...

10 Healthy Food Swaps

Why not try our recommended healthy food swaps for the next time you do your...

The Importance of Meal Planning

If you are concerned about the food you and your family members eat, you should...

7 reasons why walking is beneficial to your health

You might already be walking regularly, even daily, but are you actually moving enough? Experts...

Get Some Sleep!

You know that sleep is vital to your physical and mental health. But, how can...

9 Ways YOU Can Stay Healthy at Work

Time is the common excuse people state for not being in good shape or the...

The Importance of Healthy Eating Habits

Why Should I Make Healthy Food Choices? To truly understand the importance of establishing healthy...

Walking Meetings

Instead of cooping your colleagues up in the boardroom, a great and healthy alternative is...

Hiit Training for Diabetes

Keeping fit is so important for not only diabetes prevention, but also diabetes treatment. Remaining...

Workplace Health Initiatives

According to the National Obesity Forum, 50% of the U.K. population could be obese by...

            

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