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Here to help! – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

by YuliaFeb 14, 2023

Following on from our previous blog, We’re with you every step of the way!, the appetite to help and engage with RoSPA Awards Entrants extends to the whole RoSPA Health & Safety Awards team.

We caught up with two more members of the RoSPA team, Julia Small and Letty Hill, to find out how they are ready and willing to lend a helping hand…

Julia Small
Executive Head of Qualifications, Awards and Events

For over 15 years, Julia has had oversight of RoSPA’s robust award procedures, including the secure online entry system used by nearly 2,000 entrants, judging and verification

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mental health and wellbeing in the workplace – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

by YuliaFeb 02, 2023

More than ever before, mental health is a topic for open discussion in the media, within our social circles and of course at work. Mental health and wellbeing is all about how we think, feel and behave, and is usually caused by a reaction to a difficult life event, which can be caused or made worse by work-related issues. In particular, working in isolation away from managers and colleagues can add stress to a workforce that is already facing a significant amount of pressure.

The scale of the problem

Globally, an estimated 264 million people suffer from depression, one of

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Prevent Nearsightedness Complications With Early Treatment

by YuliaJan 21, 2023

November 10, 2022 · 7:00 AM

Steve Parker MD, paleobetic diet, — Should have spent more time outdoors

Myopia, aka nearsightedness, is extremely common and can start in childhood or young adults. Over time it can lead to early-onset cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. MedPageToday has an eye-opening article on treatments that can prevent myopia progression and complications. For example:

Common evidence-based treatments that offer both statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy include daytime multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCL), overnight orthokeratology (ortho-k), and topical low dose atropine (LDA). Novel spectacle lenses also showed a promising myopia-inhibiting effect, although with limited availability in the US at the

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David Suzuki: For healthy habitats, leave it to the beavers and other animal engineers

by YuliaJan 21, 2023

Beavers have long been considered nuisances. They knock down trees and block waterways, often flooding areas where humans live and gather. But recent moves to leave the beavers alone show they can enhance and restore natural environments.

Like other animals that create, modify, and maintain their environments, beavers are referred to as “ecosystem engineers”. In one study, scientists determined busy beavers improve ecosystem health, “increasing species richness at the landscape scale”.

They found that in New York state’s central Adirondacks, “ecosystem engineering by beaver leads to the formation of extensive wetland habitat capable of supporting herbaceous plant species not found

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