Fit for Work is a Government-funded service providing occupational health assessments on referral from the employee’s GP or employer, where an employee is absent from work for at least four weeks. It also provides advice for employers, employees and GPs on matters relating to health and work.
The school summer holiday season is now well and truly over, and workplaces are getting back to ‘normal’. But, writes...
More than eight million working-age people now report health conditions that leave them struggling to work, with the UK’s very...
More than one in 10 menopausal women has considered quitting their work because of a lack of employer support, with...
With this year’s World Mental Health Day focusing on improving mental health within the workplace, Lou Campbell outlines eight changes...
A UK-wide occupational health mental health ‘hub’ should be created to help tackle the “unprecedented” levels of mental ill health...
Nearly a third (32%) of black men have not had a prostate cancer test because their GP either refused to...
Recovering addict turned therapist Fiona Peacock explains the dangers of alcohol ‘sensitisation’ in the workplace.
As an addiction therapist as...
Nearly two-thirds of businesses (64%) say they have seen a rise in absenteeism because of employee mental ill health, yet...
Four out of five tradespeople (82%) say they have experienced stress, anxiety and mental ill health because of their work,...
Nearly two-thirds of 18-34-year-olds (65%) know less about their dental health than they do about their mental health, illustrating the...
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...
