The Best Apps for Healthy Shift Workers
Matt Jones2018-12-04T13:45:32+00:00Shift work puts a huge strain on the mind and body. It’s well known that shift workers suffer higher rates if heart disease, diabetes [...]
The Life of a Shift Worker – A MyShiftPlanner User’s Experience of Shift Work
Matt Jones2019-10-14T15:23:27+00:00One of our users sent us this painfully honest account of the issues he faces working shifts. He was happy for us to publish [...]
Shift Work and Public Holidays
Matt Jones2018-12-04T14:37:24+00:00If there is one thing that unites all workers around the world it’s the joy of a public holiday! Everybody Loves A Public Holiday! [...]
Shift Workers and Eating Disorders
Matt Jones2020-06-15T13:48:50+00:00This week marks Eating Disorders Awareness Week. At a time when higher rates of obesity and ill-health have been found in shift workers than [...]
January Superfood of the Month – Haggis!
Matt Jones2019-01-23T11:59:47+00:00This week, is the annual celebration of the life and work of the great Scottish Bard, Robert Burns. On January 25, Scots and people [...]
Superfood of the Month – Brussels Sprouts, the unsung superfood!
Matt Jones2019-12-16T17:25:08+00:00The seasonal Christmas vegetable that divides us like no other! Love them or loath them, at Christmas, it’s hard to get away from Brussels Sprouts. Let's [...]
More Christmas Shift Workers Than Ever This Year
Matt Jones2017-11-23T14:10:07+00:00It’s Black Friday Week - Which means that more and more people are being employed in part time shift work as retailers gear up for [...]
Shift Workers Tips for Sleeping
Matt Jones2019-10-04T14:49:01+00:00Shift workers are finding new ways to get better quality sleep. Indiana University study helps its staff to get the night's rest they need. Shift [...]
Shift work is ruining my home life! Are you affected by the Spill-Over effect?
Matt Jones2022-02-15T11:46:05+00:00Occupational Psychology PhD student, Naomi Booth Wade explains the "Spill-Over-Effect" The reasons why shift work can seriously affect home life. Are you bringing work [...]