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.
Have ministers failed to recognise the valuable contribution occupational health could make to the fit note regime?
Health workers should be trained in how to use the fit note to its full potential, the Society of Occupational...
NHS England has said “thousands” of mental health experts are being sent out to local GP practice amid record demand for services.
Healthcare staff have reportedly been refused disability support for long Covid, while school staff report rising cases.
More health professionals have been given the power to certify and issue fit notes to employees who are absent because of sickness.
Pilots’ unions have strongly criticised comments by the head of low cost airline Wizz Air after he appeared to call on crew to work despite being tired.
Employers should consider longer-term work adjustments for employees with long Covid, as the lasting nature of the illness will mean...
Employers should tailor the support they offer to employees with cancer and should avoid 'catch-all' solutions, health experts have advised.
GPs have called for an independent occupational health service to be set up to issue fit notes.
The mystery of ‘Gulf War Syndrome’, the often debilitating, chronic and multi-symptom illnesses among military personnel, may have been solved.
Most people are unaware of the long term damage a stroke can cause, including the effects that can have an...
Occupational health practitioners must consider how they can better support employees recovering from drug addiction and remove some of the risks that prevent many reaching out for help.
The Rail Safety and Standards Board's Health and Wellbeing Index is changing the rail health and wellbeing conversation.
The 2021 sickness absence rate bounced back sharply after hitting record lows at the start of the pandemic.
An IPPR report suggests the pandemic has resulted in significant UK labour market changes.
