Return to work and rehabilitation

As accessing NHS primary care gets harder, employers are increasingly considering an on-site GP as a cost-effective option.

Stroke patients should be offered additional rehabilitation to help them recover, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended.

A tool to record the exposure to trauma experienced by police officers has been developed by the charity Police Care...

More than two million years of people’s lives are lost to cancer in the UK every year, despite significant advances...

A clinical trial is set to test whether Covid-19 drug remdesivir may also be able to alleviate or even cure the symptoms of long Covid.

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, employers should consider how they can support staff who are recovering and raise awareness about symptoms.

Good ergonomics at work can reduce fatalities, absenteeism, and presenteeism, and improve productivity, writes Dr Aseni Wickramatillake.

Long-term sickness is driving more women and young men especially out of the workforce, SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine,...

Long Covid can cause damage to multiple organs, with the lungs especially likely to show abnormalities, according to research.
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Millions of people are living with a combination of chronic pain and mental health symptoms, according to research.
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The UK is facing 'a growing epidemic' of preventable cancers caused by smoking, drinking, obesity and sunburn.

ONS figures show that the number of people economically inactive because of long-term sickness is on the rise.

Blood clots in the brain or the lungs could explain why fatigue and ‘brain fog’ are so commonly reported as...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement is set to focus on ways to boost and expand occupational health, according to reports....

The NHS across England is being given £25m to set up dedicated women’s health ‘hubs’, the government has said.
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