Rail staff face health and safety challenges unheard of in most other industries. Accidents and traumatic events, abusive customer behaviour, the toll of physical...
Mandy Geal & Professor Patricia Riddell
Stress is a complex problem and the responsibility for mitigating its worst impact is not always clear.
Individuals are advised...
Columnist Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain explores the link between access to travel and community wellbeing.
When we think of ‘health’, we usually picture hospitals, undertaking physical activities,...
Three members of Northern’s train presentation team have been praised after they saved a woman who climbed onto the tracks.
Connor Strover, Phil Williams and...
Samaritans has today (Monday 13 May) announced a new milestone with its Managing Suicidal Contacts programme - in partnership with Network Rail and the...
Hull Trains has revealed plans to support Mental Health Awareness Week (13-19 May 2024) by partnering with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Meteorologist Jon...
A commemorative brass plaque has been unveiled at the National Railway Museum byNetwork Rail Chair Lord Peter Hendy of Richmond Hill and Angela Levitt-Harwood,...
Railway Mission’s Liam Johnstone ponders whether this yearly tradition is helpful or harmful, and considers an alternative.
As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's...
The Samaritans Lifesaver Award, recognises workers who have used all their communication skills and training to help protect a life on the rails. Megan...
The health and wellbeing of employees is a critical concern for the rail industry. Physical and mental health problems can have the same devastating...