More than two-thirds (69%) of Universal Credit claimants have mental or behavioural health disorders, and nearly half (48%) have musculoskeletal...
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More than one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, research has found, with obesity among adults...
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It could take as long as 50 years for the gap in healthy life expectancy between the north and south...
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A government-backed review has made several recommendations on how employers can support autistic people to thrive at work.
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Academics at the University of Leicester are conducting a national, government-backed mental health and wellbeing survey, including work to gauge...
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Leaky blood vessels in the brain could be what cause the ‘brain fog’ often associated with long Covid, new research...
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Occupational health physician Dr Shriti Pattani has developed a care pathway that brings together health and work support.
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A study is being carried out to gauge the experiences of UK academics who have energy-limiting conditions or chronic illnesses....
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A dramatic increase seen in child obesity levels during the Covid-19 pandemic is set to cost the UK over £8bn...
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Researchers have developed an app that, they argue, can help to reduce the impact of tinnitus, or ringing in the...
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More than one million people in England died prematurely in the decade after 2011 through a combination of poverty, austerity and Covid.
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The government is being urged to oversee greater investment in occupational health to prevent long-term sickness.
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As many as 3.7 million people are struggling with a ‘work-limiting’ health condition that restricts the type or amount of...
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Doctors and nursing bodies have urged the government to recognise Covid-related complications as occupational diseases for health workers.
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Here are five ways that an employer can support an employee with persistent or chronic pain.