Hundreds of people have successfully had lung cancers spotted and diagnosed earlier through an NHS mobile lung screening programme, NHS England has said.
Health surveillance
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Occupational health and workplace wellbeing specialists are being urged to help inform a new 10-year plan for mental ill-health prevention.
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The latest annual workplace health snapshot from the CIPD has shown employers could still be thinking more strategically about health and work.
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People who have had Covid-19 may be at increased risk of developing serious blood clots for six months following their infection.
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Free Covid-19 testing for the majority of workers has now ended, but that doesn't mean testing won't still be beneficial to employers.
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Sage research into Covid prevalence highlighted how important ‘choice’ over an individual’s work situation is for health outcomes, one of the government's top health experts has said.
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More than two-thirds (68%) of UK shift workers feel the hours they work or the pattern of their roster is...
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The TUC has warned business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng that workers’ safety is being put at risk because of confusion created...
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A ‘gender health gap’ persists in the UK, with women less likely than men to receive ‘proper’ health monitoring and treatment.
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There has been a significant reduction in deaths from hepatitis C, the government has said.
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Occupational health professionals need to be proactive in supporting workers living with obesity to remain in work.
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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.
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The number of women in their late forties being screened for breast cancer fell by more than 40% in the past year compared to the situation pre pandemic.
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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.
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Some diabetes medications could also protect people living with Type 2 diabetes from serious heart complications, a study has suggested....