Musculoskeletal disorders

Workers in their forties and fifties are becoming less likely to do regular exercise, so potentially storing up health problems...

The Mayfield review is urging employers and workplace health professionals to engage with it about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to healthcare interventions.

More than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by...

Investing in people’s health, both physical and mental, is a key way the government will be able to stimulate sustained...

Employees are set to be able to get access to weight loss jabs through their workplace health, under a plan...

Intense pressure on paediatric physiotherapy, with children often waiting far longer for treatment than they should, risks causing lifelong health...

How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with body mass index (BMI) as a...

Workplaces are being urged to revisit and refresh their first aid practices and approaches as UK plc reopens for business...

As we look towards the new year and the arrival of winter proper, Benjamin Rothwell outlines some of the key...

The NHS is to test the effectiveness of various health interventions in getting people back into work or keeping them...

These CPD activities, developed by Professor Anne Harriss, are designed to accompany this article by Charlotte E Hall on exploring...

Accidental deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high and are now the second biggest killer of people aged...

The government has emphasised the links between ‘good’ work and good health as it prepares to publish a white paper...

Work-related illness among women is facing a worsening crisis and continues to be inadequately addressed, employers have been warned.
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Education and awareness, interventions and, crucially, tackling stigma around musculoskeletal disorders are all key to improving employee health and productivity...