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.
Occupational health can play a major role in suicide prevention at work. These CPD activities aim to improve OH professionals' understanding of this topic.
The chief inspector of railways has called for better toilet facilities to be provided for railway workers, especially train drivers,...
The NHS across England is being given £25m to set up dedicated women’s health ‘hubs’, the government has said.
The...
As many as 9.1 million people in England are projected to be living with major health conditions such as diabetes,...
Living in poverty with a lung condition doubles the risk of an emergency hospital admission, an analysis by the charity...
Increasingly intense working days are putting people at greater risk of burnout, according to research by the TUC.
More than...
The government could save £144m a year, and double recovery rates for people with depression and debt, by better joining...
Reforming tax incentives to encourage employers to invest more in occupational health provision could cost the Exchequer ‘tens of millions’...
Got employees spread across different countries? You’ll probably want to match their health and wellbeing benefits, right? Not necessarily, argues...
The vast majority of the general public are unaware of the possible warning signs of blood cancer, academics have warned....
Research has questioned guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) that people with chronic fatigue syndrome...
A new approach is needed to tackle high levels of burnout among healthcare workers, including better use of occupational health...
Early intervention by occupational health can slash sickness absence by nearly two-thirds, a report has suggested, emphasising the benefit of...
A digital and community-based version of the NHS Health Check mid-life health ‘MOT’ is set to be rolled out across...
The UK has higher levels of deaths from treatable diseases such as heart attack and stroke than the majority of...
