Return to work and rehabilitation

Armed forces’ veterans suffering mental ill health will now be able to get specialist mental health and rehabilitation support, NHS...

Accusations have been flying about that ‘irresponsible’ employers are putting employees under pressure to come into potentially unsafe workplaces when...

The NHS is set to open 40 dedicated mental health support hubs for healthcare workers across England, which will offer...

As the UK economy and society cautiously unlocks between now and the summer, managing ‘return to work’ will need to...

Exercise and getting people mobile early on in their rehabilitation from severe Covid-19 may help improve recovery, research has indicated....

The Society of Occupational Medicine has published new guidance on returning to work after Covid-19 and long Covid.

Long Covid – the 'hidden health crisis of the pandemic’ – should be recognised as an occupational disease, say MPs.

Technology can play a vital role in helping organisations go above and beyond what’s recommended in Covid-secure guidelines, as Chris...

Occupational health professionals believe that those in insecure jobs are the most at risk of further disadvantage from the Covid-19...

As many as 100,000 intensive care patients, on top of the 350,000 Covid-19 patients treated on general wards, could need...

More than one in three (35%) Covid-19 patients who are put on a ventilator experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder...

Occupational health can play a pivotal leadership role when it comes to supporting an employee struggling with alcohol or substance...

Front line workers and those who have been dangerously ill, or have lost relatives or been exposed to domestic violence,...

Employers wishing to minimise the impact of “long Covid” on both their employees and their organisation should ensure their health...

The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to highlight the need for occupational health to...