Return to work and rehabilitation

People discharged from hospital following Covid-19 face a high risk of readmission and multiple organ dysfunction, according to research.
Almost...

SOM (The Society of Occupational Medicine), The Faculty of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and the University of Glasgow held a summit...

New guidance has been published on managing the long-term health effects of Covid-19, or so-called ‘long Covid’.
The guidance by...

More than three-quarters of people (76%) say they will agree to be vaccinated against Covid-19 when their turn comes, as...

Many people suffering with ‘long Covid’ are still unable to fully work six months after their initial coronavirus infection, according...

A fifth of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 are still exhibiting symptoms five weeks or more after being...

Health and wellbeing provider BHSF has conducted 3,500 ‘contact free’ return-to-work medical assessments in the past six months.
Its occupational...

Mental ill health accounted for four in 10 fit notes issued by GPs during the first lockdown in the spring,...

Fatigue and workplace exercise programmes
Work-related fatigue is related to a range of negative consequences, including poor productivity. This study...

In the final article of her three-part series, Catherine D’Arcy-Jones examines some tools and resources OH practitioners can use to...

Almost half (49%) of online physiotherapy sessions booked since the summer through an app operated by employee benefits provider Unum...

Research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 has found lung abnormalities three months after patients became infected with the virus....

Long Covid can affect many areas of an employee’s life – and the health and wellbeing benefits and interventions offered...

As we rebuild our economy post pandemic, employers must not leave behind their renewed focus on employee health and wellbeing,...

Signs of damage to multiple organs have been detected in young and previously healthy people four months after they were...