Two in five (38%) business leaders in the UK have turned to alcohol or drugs to cope with mental ill...
Depression
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NHS workers went into this autumn’s second wave of Covid-19 already feeling exhausted, emotionally fragile and at risk of burnout....
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During lockdown Bupa saw a 40% increase in enquiries to its EAPs from companies seeking advice on how to support...
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In the final article of her three-part series, Catherine D’Arcy-Jones examines some tools and resources OH practitioners can use to...
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The Co-op has launched a nightshift workers’ health and wellbeing ‘manifesto’ in Parliament, which has called for employers to be...
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Long Covid can affect many areas of an employee’s life – and the health and wellbeing benefits and interventions offered...
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Almost one in five people who test positive for Covid-19 are diagnosed with a psychiatric condition within the following three...
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‘Long Covid’ can cause breathlessness, organ abnormalities and fatigue for months
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAn Oxford University study looking at the longer-term impact of Covid-19, so-called “long Covid”, has concluded that a large proportion...
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Mental ill health accounted for more than half of sickness absence in last year
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonA total of 38.8 million working days were lost because of work-related illness and workplace injury in 2019/20, with more...
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Doctors in England have little or no confidence in the NHS being able to cope this winter, according to a...
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Warning that a fifth of adults might need mental health support post pandemic
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonThe government and the NHS must ‘prepare now’ to meet increased need for mental health support – for as many...
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Employers need to take more responsibility for the ‘psychological contract’ they have with their employees, especially in occupations affected by...
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Although the health secretary did not give mental health the prominance it deserves in his announcement about the new National...
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Employers need to recognise the risks of loneliness and isolation in our newly socially and physically distanced workplaces as well...
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Employers must put a greater emphasis on meeting individual needs when planning an employees’ return to work following mental illness....