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Health: Shingles
|Date: 31 October, 2024

Health: Shingles
GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an i ...
GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes a painful skin rash on one area of the body. It is caused by a virus calle ...
31 October, 2024
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Health: Dealing with depression
|Date: 30 April, 2024

Health: Dealing with depression
© Jamie / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores an issue which the statistics reveal to be a particula ...
© Jamie / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores an issue which the statistics reveal to be a particular problem in construction Let’s talk about mental health again. This topic keeps popping up ...
30 April, 2024
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Health: Dermatitis
|Date: 30 March, 2024

Health: Dermatitis
© Ольга Тернавская / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores another work-related condition This month ...
© Ольга Тернавская / Adobe Stock GP Alice Fitzgibbon explores another work-related condition This month we cover another condition that can be work-related – dermatitis. Dermatitis means inflammatio ...
30 March, 2024
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Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon discusses diabetes
|Date: 29 February, 2024

Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon discusses diabetes
© Minerva Studio / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon revisits a very common condition Diabetes is disease ...
© Minerva Studio / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon revisits a very common condition Diabetes is disease that causes the body’s blood sugar level to be too high. Blood sugar levels are controlled by a ...
29 February, 2024
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One in five UK tradespeople suffer hearing problems due to work
|Date: 12 February, 2024

One in five UK tradespeople suffer hearing problems due to work
More than a fifth (21%) of tradespeople have hearing problems due to their work, according to new researc ...
More than a fifth (21%) of tradespeople have hearing problems due to their work, according to new research commissioned by IronmongeryDirect The study by IronmongeryDirect, the UK’s largest supplier o ...
12 February, 2024
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Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at carpal tunnel syndrome
|Date: 30 January, 2024

Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at carpal tunnel syndrome
© anut21ng Stock / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon explores a condition that many tradespeople will be f ...
© anut21ng Stock / Adobe Stock GP, Alice Fitzgibbon explores a condition that many tradespeople will be familiar with This month we cover more about carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). We touched on this t ...
30 January, 2024
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Keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, regulator warns
|Date: 20 January, 2024

Keep people safe from future dangers of asbestos, regulator warns
© Kim Britten / Adobe Stock Buildings that people use in their daily lives, such as workplaces, schools a ...
© Kim Britten / Adobe Stock Buildings that people use in their daily lives, such as workplaces, schools and hospitals are the focus of a new campaign to keep people safe from asbestos. Asbestos: Your ...
20 January, 2024
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Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon tackles hand-arm vibration syndrome
|Date: 29 December, 2023

Health: GP Alice Fitzgibbon tackles hand-arm vibration syndrome
© sima / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at another condition related to the workplace: ...
© sima / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at another condition related to the workplace: hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). HAVS is a condition caused by regular, prolonged use of ...
29 December, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at hearing loss
|Date: 30 November, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at hearing loss
© NaruFoto / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about hearing loss related to noise at wor ...
© NaruFoto / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about hearing loss related to noise at work. Lots of people work in loud environments or with machinery and tools that make a lot of noi ...
30 November, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on silica and asbestos
|Date: 31 October, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on silica and asbestos
© Ecology / Adobe Stock Following last month’s article on general workplace related lung disease, GP Alic ...
© Ecology / Adobe Stock Following last month’s article on general workplace related lung disease, GP Alice Fitzgibbon focuses on conditions related to two different dangerous particles – silica and as ...
31 October, 2023
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Speedy Hire partners with British Heart Foundation to support ‘Spotlight On’ campaign
|Date: 12 October, 2023

Speedy Hire partners with British Heart Foundation to support ‘Spotlight On’ campaign
Speedy Hire has donated £25,000 to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), forming a partnership for its ‘Spo ...
Speedy Hire has donated £25,000 to the British Heart Foundation (BHF), forming a partnership for its ‘Spotlight On’ campaign, to raise awareness of hidden heart conditions. Colleagues across the Spee ...
12 October, 2023
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Research shows construction ranks as the 5th worst job for hearing loss
|Date: 6 October, 2023

Research shows construction ranks as the 5th worst job for hearing loss
Boots Hearingcare takes a deep dive into hearing loss risks at work. For some jobs, the risks associated ...
Boots Hearingcare takes a deep dive into hearing loss risks at work. For some jobs, the risks associated are clear from the get-go, but have you ever thought about how your job might be putting your h ...
6 October, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about occupational lung disease
|Date: 30 September, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon talks about occupational lung disease
© nimito / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at the risks to health from your working env ...
© nimito / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at the risks to health from your working environment. The column this month and next is about occupational lung disease (OLD). The term ‘oc ...
30 September, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon explains Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
|Date: 29 July, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon explains Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
© Yura Yarema / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA for ...
© Yura Yarema / Adobe Stock This month, GP Alice Fitzgibbon looks at Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA for short). A what? Let’s break it down and discover exactly what an AAA is. Let’s start with the f ...
29 July, 2023
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GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers bursitis
|Date: 28 June, 2023

GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers bursitis
© Ievgen Skrypko / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a condition called bursitis. You may ...
© Ievgen Skrypko / Adobe Stock This month GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a condition called bursitis. You may have heard bursitis mentioned recently if you listen to the Professional Builder podcast. We d ...
28 June, 2023
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Vent-Axia supports Clean Air Day
|Date: 15 June, 2023

Vent-Axia supports Clean Air Day
Vent-Axia is supporting Clean Air Day on Thursday 15 June 2023, welcoming the theme “Clean up our air to ...
Vent-Axia is supporting Clean Air Day on Thursday 15 June 2023, welcoming the theme “Clean up our air to look after your mind this #CleanAirDay”. Vent-Axia explains the day and importance of indoor ai ...
15 June, 2023
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