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.
Nutrition plays a vital role in the immune system’s ability to fight off, and recover from, infection. Steven Pearson-Brown explains...
Waiting lists for heart procedures and heart operations are now some 25% longer than they were before the pandemic began,...
The Faculty of Occupational Medicine offers advice for occupational health professionals, employers and line managers who wish to support staff with long Covid to return to work.
NHS England has unveiled a plan to slash waiting times for elective care, allowing patients to get seen and treated more quickly.
It is vital to recognise that managing the health needs of overseas’ workers goes much deeper than just Covid-19.
Kayleigh Frost discusses how occupational health practitioners can support staff and managers following a cancer diagnosis.
Three potential breakthroughs in our understanding of long Covid have raised hopes for new treatments and approaches for sufferers of...
More than 2,000 people with Type 2 diabetes have seen an improvement in their health through taking part in an...
There has been a rapid increase in the number of people reporting long term health complications after coronavirus.
Some employers may be in a quandary over how to handle employees who take long-term sick leave this winter.
UK construction workers are turning to drink, non-prescription drugs use and even self-harming because of high levels of mental distress,...
Thousands of workers could be waiting for delayed medical procedures, it has emerged, with UK hospitals having cancelled at least...
Employers need to use the experience of the pandemic, and the perhaps permanent changes it has brought to how and...
More than a quarter of workers would still go into the workplace if they had either a high temperature or...
Twenty times more people than before the pandemic are waiting more than six weeks to have a heart scan in...
