Fit for Work is a Government-funded service providing occupational health assessments on referral from the employee's GP or employer, where an employee is absent from work for at least four weeks. It also provides advice for employers, employees and GPs on matters relating to health and work.
What are the dangers 'medicalising' non-medical issues, in terms of absence, return to work, rehabilitation and organisational and individual wellbeing?
New guidance shows that fit note certification extends to registered nurses, which could include occupational health nurses after all.
Research has highlighted growing evidence of long-distance airborne transmission of Covid-19 in various indoor settings.
The mass transition to home working since the pandemic has enabled more people with arthritis to remain in work, research has concluded.
Nearly two-thirds of workers (65%) who were off sick in the past 12 months pushed through their illness and carried on working, according to a poll.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has updated its guidance on how UK airline pilots living with HIV will be medically...
Have ministers failed to recognise the valuable contribution occupational health could make to the fit note regime?
Health workers should be trained in how to use the fit note to its full potential, the Society of Occupational...
NHS England has said “thousands” of mental health experts are being sent out to local GP practice amid record demand for services.
Healthcare staff have reportedly been refused disability support for long Covid, while school staff report rising cases.
Employers should consider longer-term work adjustments for employees with long Covid, as the lasting nature of the illness will mean...
Employers should tailor the support they offer to employees with cancer and should avoid 'catch-all' solutions, health experts have advised.
GPs have called for an independent occupational health service to be set up to issue fit notes.
The mystery of ‘Gulf War Syndrome’, the often debilitating, chronic and multi-symptom illnesses among military personnel, may have been solved.
Most people are unaware of the long term damage a stroke can cause, including the effects that can have an...
