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    Nearly half did not take even one full week’s holiday last year – poll

    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Apr 2025

    Nearly half of UK employees (43%) did not take even a full week off work last year, a survey has...

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    Government urged to boost workplace support for women’s health

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025

    Employers and workplace health professionals are urging the government to do more to encourage employers to invest in support for...

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    Warning of diabetes risk for workplace drivers

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025

    Companies employing drivers are being warned they need to proactively monitor and risk manage for type 2 diabetes, as those...

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    Quarter feel their employer is ineffective at managing stress

    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 11 Apr 2025

    More than a quarter of workers (28%) believe their employer is ineffective at managing workplace stress, according to a poll....

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    NHS could go door-to-door to tackle ill-health worklessness

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Healthcare staff could go door-to-door within communities to tackle sickness, ill-health worklessness and absence from work, as part of the...

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    Employers struggling to manage rising levels of sickness absence – poll

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...

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    Working days lost to asthma up 150% since pandemic

    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2025

    The number of working days lost to asthma and respiratory illnesses has soared since the pandemic, with a 153% increase...

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    Research to tackle ill-health worklessness gets £7m cash boost

    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 4 Apr 2025

    Four research projects aiming to reduce health-related economic inactivity and ill-health worklessness are to get a £7m cash injection between...

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    Gen X storing up health problems by failing to exercise

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025

    Workers in their forties and fifties are becoming less likely to do regular exercise, so potentially storing up health problems...

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    Hospitality and shift workers struggling with burnout

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025

    More than eight in 10 shift workers report poor mental health, along with seven out of 10 hospitality workers, research has suggested.

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    Seven in 10 builders find it ‘too difficult’ to talk about mental health

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025

    Nearly seven in 10 builders have suspected a colleague is seriously depressed yet have felt it was ‘too difficult’ to...

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    Hybrid workers less sick and less stressed

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025

    Hybrid workers take fewer sick days, are less stressed, are more able to access regular health check-ups, and report better...

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    A third struggling with burnout just three months into 2025 – poll

    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025

    We may be just three months into 2025 but already more than a third of working Britons have experienced burnout,...

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    Bomb disposal veterans at heightened risk of bladder cancer

    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025

    Army bomb disposal veterans may have a significantly increased risk of developing bladder cancer compared with the general public, according...

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    People with breathing difficulties often making five trips to A&E

    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025

    People struggling with breathing difficulties are being forced to make as many as five trips to A&E before bringing their...

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