Vitamin D supplements


Delegates at the GMB general union’s annual congress have backed a call for employers to provide free vitamin D supplements to workers at greatest risk of vitamin D deficiency. These include staff working indoors in artificial light and night workers in sectors such as warehousing, security, care and the NHS. 


GMB health and safety director Dan Shears told the conference: “While there’s no intention to make this mandatory, or to force workers to take anything that they don’t want to, a little prevention can make a huge difference.” 


A recent US medical study suggests that supplements could cut the risk of dying from cancer. 


https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/employers-should-give-night-shift-workers-free-vitamin-d