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.
Breakthrough treatments to tackle lung cancer and dementia are on the horizon, with a lung cancer vaccine now being tested...
Eating meat, especially processed meat and unprocessed red meat – even as little as two slices of ham a day...
As many as one in 10 adults prescribed opioids for chronic pain will go on to experience opioid dependency or...
Younger employees – those aged 18 to 34 – are driving demand for workplace health benefits, a poll has suggested,...
Two new treatments, one for tackling osteoporosis after menopause and a gene therapy for the blood disorder beta-thalassaemia, have been...
Doctors have called for a ban on artificial stone being used for kitchen counters and worktops because of the risk...
Community pharmacies are in ‘deep distress’ with financial and demand pressures forcing almost all to stop offering some NHS and...
A medication used for autoimmune conditions has been found to be effective in relieving the pain and stiffness caused by...
Nearly two-thirds (63%) of trainee doctors consider themselves to be at ‘high’ or ‘moderate’ risk of burnout, according to the...
The government’s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has announced who will be eligible for NHS Covid vaccinations this...
Failing eyesight and high cholesterol could be two red flags for possible future dementia, research has concluded.
Treating these conditions...
Many people who have been hospitalised with Covid-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years...
Rising levels of work ill health and sickness are costing UK businesses billions every year and demand a radical new...
More women than men experience burnout, and report lower financial resilience, according to a poll.
The survey of 1,020 people...
More than two-thirds of employees (70%) have never been referred to occupational health by their employer, with half of employers...
