Respiratory

A new clinical statement on occupational asthma emphasises the importance of health surveillance and prompt specialist referral.

Hundreds of people have successfully had lung cancers spotted and diagnosed earlier through an NHS mobile lung screening programme, NHS England has said.

A group of MPs have called for asbestos removal from workplaces within the next 40 years to reduce occupational exposure.

Long Covid affects individuals and their ability to work in different ways. Tailored rehabilitation support can help acheive the best outcomes.

A third of the country does not have access to obesity treatment, despite weight having become a growing issue during...

Occupational health professionals need to be proactive in supporting workers living with obesity to remain in work.

Long Covid presented Lesley Macniven with a unique opportunity for her to develop her leadership skills in an area outside of her usual profession.

A charity has called for more action to improve lung health, as it found the UK has the worst death rate for lung conditions in western Europe.

As the requirement to self-isolate has been removed, public health experts have recommended occupational health risk assessments for people with health conditions or vulnerabilities.

Nutrition plays a vital role in the immune system’s ability to fight off, and recover from, infection. Steven Pearson-Brown explains...

Three potential breakthroughs in our understanding of long Covid have raised hopes for new treatments and approaches for sufferers of...

Smokers are more likely to fall out of work due to ill-health, research from the charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has argued.

People who live in the most deprived areas of England are more likely to suffer chronic conditions that prevent them from working.

If practitioners want to achieve better health outcomes, they’re going to need to embrace genuinely joined-up partnership working.

As worries grow about the potential impact of long Covid, OH will need to be proactive in providing guidance and leadership.