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.
There will be more than 900,000 cancer deaths in the UK by the end of the new government’s first parliamentary...
Trust in vaccines remains mostly high among people aged 50 to 70, yet understanding about vaccination is “concerningly” low among...
The government has set up a ‘Labour Market Advisory Board’ to tackle rising levels of worklessness, including because of ill...
With the government pledging the ‘biggest reimagining of our NHS since its birth’, Nic Paton highlights that employers will need...
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...
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...
Britons are increasingly feeling they have to set money aside to pay for private healthcare because the NHS will not...
Priscilla Wong, head of occupational health at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) examines how occupational health policies and interventions for...
Having a lie-in at the weekend could actually be good for your heart health, new research has suggested.
Catching up...
More than 130,000 people across the country are to be offered NHS health ‘MOTs’ in the workplace from next month,...
