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Night work is associated with a host of health risks, due to disruptions to the circadian rhythm. Here's what occupational health professionals need to know.

The government is almost a decade behind achieving its target for England to be smoke free by 2030, a leading cancer charity has warned.

An employee who lost his job for refusing to work during the pandemic, claiming his workplace posed a ‘serious and...

More than a million people living with cardiovascular or respiratory conditions in privately rented properties could be at greater risk...

A rehabilitation programme based on a gradual or paced increase in physical activity has shown “exciting” results in helping people...

Racism has been the “fundamental cause” of Covid-19 vaccination hesitancy among ethnic minority groups, a study from Manchester University has...

A stone mason who contracted silicosis after allegedly being exposed to dust while working on Elgin Cathedral in Scotland has accepted a £3.5m compensation settlement.

A care home operator had the right to dismiss employees who refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Nearly one in four people with the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is waiting a staggering five years...

Even before the current freezing weather, more than four out of 10 people felt the cost-of-living crisis was affecting their...

As 2023 approaches, employers will be considering the common health and wellbeing issues facing employees and how their organisation can...

ONS data shows long Covid is leading to a surge of people falling out of work, taking early retirement or on long-term sick leave.

People living in more deprived areas in Scotland are more likely to get cancer and die from the disease than those in less deprived areas, a new report says.

The government intends to apply the lessons from the fast-track development of the Covid-19 vaccines to tackling some of the UK’s other pressing health challenges.

A Welsh health board has been fined after it ignored pleas from its occupational health department to risk-assess employees for hand-arm vibration syndrome.