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 event at the House of Lords heard calls for the government to recognise the under-used potential of OH to keep people of all ages in work.
Occupational health can make “a monumental difference” to the wellbeing of patients with cancer, SOM has said ahead of World Cancer Day.
Official figures show long Covid is still prevalent, but declining. Many have had symptoms for more than two years.
More than half of people out of work since the pandemic because of long-term sickness are aged over 50, according...
There needs to be a shift from treating people when they become too ill to work, to preventing them from getting ill in the first place, a group of MPs have been told
How old you look could be a window into your risk of age-related health issues, research has suggested.
People who experience long Covid following only a mild bout of Covid-19 are likely to see their symptoms resolve within a year.
Millions of often working-age people across the UK are still experiencing long-term, potentially debilitating, health symptoms following a Covid-19 infection...
A rehabilitation programme based on a gradual or paced increase in physical activity has shown “exciting” results in helping people...
Three-quarters of low-paid workers feel they cannot afford to take sick leave, according to a survey by shopworkers’ union Usdaw....
Nearly one in four people with the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is waiting a staggering five years...
There were a record number of deaths from alcohol-specific causes in the UK last year, latest data has shown.
ONS data shows long Covid is leading to a surge of people falling out of work, taking early retirement or on long-term sick leave.
Research finds 43% of people with a less visible disability have avoided telling their employer about it, which could be exacerbating their health condition.
The cost-of-living crisis is causing people to refuse fit or sick notes from their GPs because they cannot afford to...
