Disability

A government-backed review has made several recommendations on how employers can support autistic people to thrive at work.

Academics at the University of Leicester are conducting a national, government-backed mental health and wellbeing survey, including work to gauge...

Leaky blood vessels in the brain could be what cause the ‘brain fog’ often associated with long Covid, new research...

Occupational health physician Dr Shriti Pattani has developed a care pathway that brings together health and work support.

A study is being carried out to gauge the experiences of UK academics who have energy-limiting conditions or chronic illnesses....

A dramatic increase seen in child obesity levels during the Covid-19 pandemic is set to cost the UK over £8bn...

Researchers have developed an app that, they argue, can help to reduce the impact of tinnitus, or ringing in the...

More than one million people in England died prematurely in the decade after 2011 through a combination of poverty, austerity and Covid.

The government is being urged to oversee greater investment in occupational health to prevent long-term sickness.

As many as 3.7 million people are struggling with a ‘work-limiting’ health condition that restricts the type or amount of...

Doctors and nursing bodies have urged the government to recognise Covid-related complications as occupational diseases for health workers.

Here are five ways that an employer can support an employee with persistent or chronic pain.

Charities and the NHS are collaborating on a project to gauge whether blood tests can be used to help diagnose...

An NHS drive to roll out blood-thinning drugs to people with atrial fibrillation (AF) has prevented almost 17,000 strokes, according...

Only two in three employees with a disability or long-term health condition say their employer does all they can to support them at work.