Disability

People struggling with breathing difficulties are being forced to make as many as five trips to A&E before bringing their...

Government-backed research is looking at how people living with dementia can be better supported to stay living independently.
Four new...

If the government is serious about stemming the flow of those suffering with ill health from leaving the labour market,...

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.

With mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting on the horizon for large employers, Kavitha Sivasubramaniam looks at the potential impact of its introduction and what it could mean for pay equity

People with mental ill health need to be better supported at work rather than “written off”, the Society of Occupational...

More than one in 10 organisations (13%) have been involved in employment tribunals relating to neurodiversity, worrying new research has...

The government is to roll out work coaches to enable more people out of work because of sickness or disability to regain access to employment.

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

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

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

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.