Return to work and rehabilitation

Nearly a quarter wait more than 12 weeks to start treatment because of a lack of consultant psychiatrists, according to research.

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a protracted shock to life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes “unprecedented” in the...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for countries to take a more “sustained” approach to tackling long Covid.

Settlements for workplace injury and disease have halved, despite a sharp increase in work-related ill health.

New ONS figures in September 2022 show a significant proportion of over-50s are leaving work because of ill health.

The government has outlined a ‘plan for patients’ to help tackle NHS backlogs, but there is no mention of the role occupational health could play.

What is art psychotherapy and how might it benefit employee health and wellbeing?

The vast majority of employees are relaxed about alcohol and drug testing and by their employer, a survey has suggested.

The number of working-age people with young-onset dementia is significantly higher than previously thought, new figures have suggested.

The number of people in England waiting for hospital treatment hit a new record high of 6.8 million at the...

More than half of people with asthma (56%) worry the pandemic has made managing their condition more challenging.

New prime minister Liz Truss has been urged to prioritise tackling the ‘profound’ public health challenges facing the country.
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NHS England has said it intends to open more than new 50 new surgical hubs to help bust the Covid-19 backlogs.

Blood pressure medication can be effective at any time of day, a study funded by the charity the British Heart Foundation has concluded.

Two-thirds of people who catch Covid-19 are still infectious five days after their symptoms begin, research has suggested.
The findings,...