OH service delivery

With millions of people waiting for NHS treatment, occupational health professionals can play a major role in keeping people in...

SOM (the Society of Occupational Medicine) has launched guidance for occupational health professionals on carrying out health assessments within the...

UK construction workers are turning to drink, non-prescription drugs use and even self-harming because of high levels of mental distress,...

Occupational health professionals are being urged to be proactive in helping employers make the transition to the government’s ‘plan B’...

The number of economically inactive 50-64-year-olds reached 3.5 million between July and September this year, with 1.3 million admitting they...

An academic from Coventry University is leading a project to investigate how the shift to working from home we’ve seen...

Managers still do not feel fully equipped to support disabled employees in the workplace, research has suggested.
A poll of...

With work increasingly recognised as a valuable health outcome in its own right, an effective occupational health service can add...

These CPD activities, created by Professor Anne Harriss, are designed to be read and used in conjunction with her article,...

Occupation is one of the main factors of Covid-19 infection, and is one of the reasons why people from ethnic...

The government intends to set up a bespoke occupational health portal for social care providers to help them find out...

The massive, perhaps permanent, changes wrought on the workplace by the pandemic mean we are now in uncharted waters when...

People who have survived a severe bout of Covid-19 are more than twice as likely to die over the following...

Four in five (79%) UK employees have experienced burnout, driven by increased workloads, mental health challenges and pressure to meet...

Pregnant women are being encouraged to talk to health professionals, including occupational health practitioners, about Covid-19 vaccinations, and should be...