Return to work and rehabilitation

Nearly one in four people with the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is waiting a staggering five years...

ONS data shows long Covid is leading to a surge of people falling out of work, taking early retirement or on long-term sick leave.

The government intends to apply the lessons from the fast-track development of the Covid-19 vaccines to tackling some of the UK’s other pressing health challenges.

More than 100,000 workers went down with Covid-19 in the past year which they believed they contracted in the workplace,...

The creator of an 'Empowerment Passport' explains how her document can help employees and organisations with reasonable adjustments.

The TUC has joined the organisations calling for long Covid to be recognised as a disability under the Equality Act...

People living with rare autoimmune and rheumatic diseases are suffering from 'alarming' disparities in the quality of care and treatment they receive.

Workers who suffer from five identified Covid-19 complications should receive Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit, it's recommended.

The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to yet another a record high....

Half a million more people are out of work because of long-term sickness, including a rise in people with back and neck conditions.

New X-ray technology can identify the damage that severe Covid-19 can inflict on the lungs, including the 'microclots' often associated with long Covid.

More than three-quarters of people with long Covid have had to stop, pause, reduce or change their work, finds Indeed.

Researchers have developed a tool to help doctors better identify patients at high risk of serious falls.
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More than two-fifths of Britons in their forties suffer from chronic pain, research has suggested.

The government has launched a return-to-work tool designed to help employers support disabled people and those with health conditions.