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More than a quarter of adults who have suffered a serious injury have done so in the workplace, according to...

We’ve seen an explosion in home working during the Covid-19 lockdown. But, in the scramble to stay operational, employers have...

Occupational health professionals can play an important role in helping to assess a worker’s fitness to drive for or during...

Covid-19 to have lasting impact on workplace health
The potential adverse impact of the current pandemic on workers’ health extends...

One in 10 UK organisations (9%) do not consider it their responsibility to offer financial, practical or emotional support to...

The Constructing Better Health (CBH) occupational health scheme for the construction sector is being shut down, with the impact of...

The continuing shortage of qualified occupational health physicians and nurses poses “a potential large threat to the future of OH...

Researchers are looking into whether access to an occupational health service via their GP surgery will reduce the number of...

An occupational health provider and musculoskeletal (MSK) services firm have teamed up to ‘make it simpler’ for NHS organisations to...

Nearly two-thirds (63%) of staff have injured their back, neck, hips, knees or wrists as a result of poor homeworking...

Almost half (47%) of employees would feel uncomfortable about telling their employer about a health concern during the coronavirus pandemic,...

Employers are being urged to promote health and wellbeing benefits, especially those that offer remote consultations, as a way to...

As thoughts turn to how the UK can gradually reopen for business post-lockdown, it is becoming all too clear that...

Occupational health has been pivotal in helping employers, and the NHS, manage the coronavirus pandemic...

Between tackling the challenges of rising rates diabetes, men’s ill health, drugs and alcohol, and working-age dementia, occupational health practitioners...