Wellbeing and health promotion

Careful consideration must be given to how NHS health checks are implemented and communicated and how confidentiality is maintained.

Pain tends to be the most prevalent and severe symptom reported by individuals with long Covid, according to a study.

Next week will see a series of events and activities being run by SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, as...

All employers have a responsibility to educate their employees about suicide prevention, including how the language around it has changed,...

As many as 4.3 million people could be languishing out of work because of sickness and ill health by the...

There will be more than 900,000 cancer deaths in the UK by the end of the new government’s first parliamentary...

The government has set up a ‘Labour Market Advisory Board’ to tackle rising levels of worklessness, including because of ill...

Occupational health can be a pivotal resource employers look to for help and guidance when responding to the death of...

The cost-of-living crisis has been devastating for many people with mental health problems, a charity has warned.
The report from...

For employees working away from home, especially abroad, loneliness and isolation can be a real issue, and can have an...

Vaping can cause as much damage to young people’s lungs as smoking, research has suggested.
The study by a team...

Now that Mpox has been declared a public health emergency of international concern, employers, especially those with a globally mobile...

SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine, has published a guide for employers and occupational health professionals on supporting the health...

While employers are increasingly waking up to the problem of presenteeism, too many still operate in state of blissful ignorance...

People in parts of England will soon be able to get blood pressure checks at their dentist or optician under...