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.
An NHS drive to roll out blood-thinning drugs to people with atrial fibrillation (AF) has prevented almost 17,000 strokes, according...
The Covid-19 pandemic potentially had a lasting impact on people’s brain health, especially among the over-50s, research has suggested.
What are the factors influencing mental health in the construction sector? Here are some of the most common stressors.
An NHS mobile screening project has identified more than 2,200 people in high-risk communities at risk of liver disease and...
Barely half of managers (47%) would feel confident putting in place reasonable adjustments for a colleague with cancer, a study...
The deafening noise of wailing sirens puts emergency services’ workers at the highest risk of hearing loss, research has suggested,...
As accessing NHS primary care gets harder, employers are increasingly considering an on-site GP as a cost-effective option.
Stroke patients should be offered additional rehabilitation to help them recover, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended.
A tool to record the exposure to trauma experienced by police officers has been developed by the charity Police Care...
More than two million years of people’s lives are lost to cancer in the UK every year, despite significant advances...
A clinical trial is set to test whether Covid-19 drug remdesivir may also be able to alleviate or even cure the symptoms of long Covid.
Good ergonomics at work can reduce fatalities, absenteeism, and presenteeism, and improve productivity, writes Dr Aseni Wickramatillake.
Too many employers are still prioritising a reactive approach to employee wellbeing support, argues Debra Clark. But this can be...
A new “national mental health plan” is needed if England is to turn around its rising tide of long-term mental...
Long-term sickness is driving more women and young men especially out of the workforce, SOM, the Society of Occupational Medicine,...
