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.
More than eight in 10 shift workers report poor mental health, along with seven out of 10 hospitality workers, research has suggested.
Nearly seven in 10 builders have suspected a colleague is seriously depressed yet have felt it was ‘too difficult’ to...
We may be just three months into 2025 but already more than a third of working Britons have experienced burnout,...
Army bomb disposal veterans may have a significantly increased risk of developing bladder cancer compared with the general public, according...
People struggling with breathing difficulties are being forced to make as many as five trips to A&E before bringing their...
Government-backed research is looking at how people living with dementia can be better supported to stay living independently.
Four new...
If the government is serious about stemming the flow of those suffering with ill health from leaving the labour market,...
The Mayfield review is urging employers and workplace health professionals to engage with it about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to healthcare interventions.
Half of employees say they have cried because of work issues, and 58% have considered quitting their job as a...
Some 37,000 people off work because of long-term sickness have successfully been removed from NHS waiting lists and helped back...
As many as one in four young people have considered leaving the workforce in the past year, with mental ill...
There is a “significant” gap in perceptions and expectations around health and wellbeing benefits between employers and employees, a survey...
People with mental ill health need to be better supported at work rather than “written off”, the Society of Occupational...
A more proactive approach to employee health could prevent 100,000 people from falling out of work over the next five...
The government is to roll out work coaches to enable more people out of work because of sickness or disability to regain access to employment.
