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The microscopic particles emitted from certain types of commonly fitted brake pads can be more toxic than those found in...

Guidance to protect midwives from excessive nitrous oxide exposure has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high, official figures have shown, with a charity calling for a...

Cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England increased by 13% last year, compared to 2023, the latest figures from the UK...

Health professionals are being urged to adopt five key principles designed to embed, and promote, the idea that access to...

Childhood mental ill health results in life-long impacts, research has argued, including costing employers £24bn a year and future employees...

Having endometriosis can significantly reduce a woman’s employment income for anything up to five years after her diagnosis, and affect...

More than half (56%) of UK workers say they are now more likely to accept a job with an employer...

Ahead of World Cancer Day, more than seven out of 10 employees (71%) living with cancer say they don’t get...

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

Enabling much more “comprehensive” access to occupational health expertise could be one of the keys to reducing ill health-related worklessness...

So-called ‘sandwich carers’ – those juggling both childcare and elder care – can face particular struggles to stay in the...

The UK stands among the worst performers in workplace health for people with long-term ill health or disability, according to new research.

With hospitals and workplaces struggling to cope with this winter’s surge in flu and respiratory viruses, a charity has called...

The government’s Keep Britain Working review is an “opportunity to start a national reset on workforce health”, a leading think-tank has said.