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.
A third of workers aged 55 and over (32%) have taken time off sick with poor mental health, with older...
Low pay, poor working conditions, air pollution and insecure housing all harm people’s mental health, a report has suggested, whereas...
Fostering a culture of openness and awareness, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and, crucially, ensuring managers are well-educated and well-trained can...
The microscopic particles emitted from certain types of commonly fitted brake pads can be more toxic than those found in...
Guidance to protect midwives from excessive nitrous oxide exposure has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The...
Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high, official figures have shown, with a charity calling for a...
Cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England increased by 13% last year, compared to 2023, the latest figures from the UK...
Health professionals are being urged to adopt five key principles designed to embed, and promote, the idea that access to...
Childhood mental ill health results in life-long impacts, research has argued, including costing employers £24bn a year and future employees...
Having endometriosis can significantly reduce a woman’s employment income for anything up to five years after her diagnosis, and affect...
More than half (56%) of UK workers say they are now more likely to accept a job with an employer...
Ahead of World Cancer Day, more than seven out of 10 employees (71%) living with cancer say they don’t get...
Intense pressure on paediatric physiotherapy, with children often waiting far longer for treatment than they should, risks causing lifelong health...
Enabling much more “comprehensive” access to occupational health expertise could be one of the keys to reducing ill health-related worklessness...
So-called ‘sandwich carers’ – those juggling both childcare and elder care – can face particular struggles to stay in the...
