Mental health conditions

The Government needs to do more to work with employers and business leaders to “start a conversation” on mental health...

A new service designed to offer support to GPs and GP trainees suffering from mental ill health and addiction has...

More than two-fifths (44%) of employees say winter has a negative effect on their mental wellbeing, with 51% believing it...

Deaths at work are decreasing, but employees more likely to be exposed to trauma in the workplace in other ways....

This month’s look at recent occupational health research includes studies on emotional intelligence at work and the different effects of...

Employers will be given additional help in supporting staff who need to take time off for mental illness, the Government...

A study by the charity Arthritis Research UK has called on the Government to better support people with long-term conditions...

The Government’s long-awaited review into the links between work and addiction was published in December.
The review by Dame Carol...

The recent annual conference of the Institute for Employment Studies took place just after the health and disability Green Paper...

Poor sleep and work performance are linked, according to a recent study, backed up by a body of previous findings....

Presenteeism remains a persistent problem in UK organisations, research from Canada Life Group Insurance has concluded, with 90% of UK...

This case study on workplace stress shows how the evidence base for occupational health underpinned a successful intervention. Anne Donaldson...

Almost nine in 10 (88%) primary care workers find their work stressful, significantly higher than the 56% of the wider...

The number of people saying they have experienced mental health issues while in employment has shot up from a quarter...

The British Medical Association’s occupational medicine committee has published new guidance on best practice in terms of recruiting people with...