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.
This case study explores the response to a workplace accident in the construction sector, including actions to improve safety procedures.
There are millions of ‘silent spreaders’ of tuberculosis across the world – and researchers have taken a step closer to identifying them.
More than two-thirds (69%) of Universal Credit claimants have mental or behavioural health disorders, and nearly half (48%) have musculoskeletal...
Being vaccinated against Covid-19 can substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and blood clots associated with the virus, according...
Three-quarters of women (74%) experience health problems at work yet their line managers too often are not trained properly to...
More than four in 10 people (43%) no longer feel the NHS is able to meet the nation’s health needs.
The NHS should trial Singapore-style ‘polyclinics’ to ease pressure on GP practices and even allow Singaporean doctors to prescribe medicines...
More than one billion people in the world are now living with obesity, research has found, with obesity among adults...
It could take as long as 50 years for the gap in healthy life expectancy between the north and south...
Long Covid can have an ‘objectively measurable’ impact on brain function and ability for a year or even longer, research...
Academics at the University of Leicester are conducting a national, government-backed mental health and wellbeing survey, including work to gauge...
Four out of 10 women (42%) say they do not feel comfortable discussing health issues with their manager, with many...
Nearly half of people suffering from migraine (43%) try to keep their condition secret from their employer for fear of...
Leaky blood vessels in the brain could be what cause the ‘brain fog’ often associated with long Covid, new research...
Line managers can make all the difference in bringing an employee with long Covid back to work, a new guide from SOM says.
