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.
With the dust now settling on this week’s health and disability white paper, what is it actually proposing for occupational health? Nic Paton reports.
Occupational health practitioners and providers have applauded the government’s ‘unprecedented’ focus on expanding access to OH in this week’s Budget...
With junior doctors in England this week taking part in a three-day walkout, research has highlighted how long hours, intense...
The Budget on Wednesday is expected to be accompanied by a Health and Disability White Paper, which will outline government...
Eight digitally enabled therapies to treat mental ill health, including depression and anxiety disorders, in adults have been conditionally recommended...
Adults and young people with food allergies and eating disorders in the UK are not getting the help and support...
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a campaign to remind people working in construction to manage the risks...
People with long Covid can experience potentially serious gastrointestinal symptoms, such as constipation and diarrhoea.
Ministers are considering bringing in annual health checks for workers and subsidies for smaller businesses to offer occupational health.
Half the world will be overweight or obese within 12 years if prevention, treatment and support do not improve.
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The extreme fatigue and 'brain fog' that people with long Covid can experience may be down to the virus causing changes in the brain structure.
What is functional neurological disorder and how might it affect employees? Everything occupational health teams need to know.
The government needs to go “further and faster” on reforming occupational health, SOM has said ahead of the Budget.
A National Audit Office (NAO) report adds to the evidence of a growing crisis in NHS mental health provision.
The chief medical officer for England, Professor Chris Whitty, has called for workplaces to be monitored for indoor air pollutants.
