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SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has published a guide for employers and occupational health professionals on supporting the health...

Employment judge Bedeau found Hulya Findik’s claims of discrimination because of a failure in the duty to make reasonable adjustments to be well-founded.

While employers are increasingly waking up to the problem of presenteeism, too many still operate in state of blissful ignorance...

People in parts of England will soon be able to get blood pressure checks at their dentist or optician under...

Britons are increasingly feeling they have to set money aside to pay for private healthcare because the NHS will not...

Priscilla Wong, head of occupational health at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) examines how occupational health policies and interventions for...

Having a lie-in at the weekend could actually be good for your heart health, new research has suggested.
Catching up...

More than 130,000 people across the country are to be offered NHS health ‘MOTs’ in the workplace from next month,...

Leading OH nurse and academic Neil Loach will this autumn receive a singular accolade – becoming a Queen’s Nurse (QN),...

Doctors are urging the government to get tough on what they are calling the “growing epidemic” of vaping in the...

Breakthrough treatments to tackle lung cancer and dementia are on the horizon, with a lung cancer vaccine now being tested...

With demand for mental health support rising, proper assessment always needs to be your starting point when working to help...

Eating meat, especially processed meat and unprocessed red meat – even as little as two slices of ham a day...

The NHS’s ‘soups and shakes’ programme has helped nearly a third of participants in England to put their type 2...

As many as one in 10 adults prescribed opioids for chronic pain will go on to experience opioid dependency or...