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.
Welding fumes increase lung cancer risk
Occupational exposure to welding fumes increases the risk of lung cancer, regardless of the...
Work-related upper limb disorders can have a significant impact on the workplace, with women over the age of 45 at...
There has been a rise in the number of people self-harming, but more than half do not seek medical or...
Organisations should implement and clearly communicate policies for reporting and managing sickness, according to new guidance from National Institute for...
Angus Baskerville was diagnosed with Asperger’s and ADHD at the age of 15. He told the audience at last year’s...
Encouraging better health is not just good for individual employees, it also makes them – and their organisations – more...
Technology is transforming both our work and leisure lives, bringing opportunities but also risks, predominantly around precarious working, “always on”...
A looming hospital operation has brought home to Nic Paton the need for the government’s review of workplace health to...
Work-related stress, depression or anxiety accounts for a staggering 40% of work-related ill-health and 49% of working days lost, before...
Employee health checks too often seem to be about marketing and income generation, especially in the private and insured sector....
Noise-induced occupational hearing loss is normally entirely preventable. But lack of awareness, especially among younger workers, poor training methods and...
Weight is a personal rather than a personnel issue; the result primarily of poor lifestyle decisions outside of work, right?...
As our workforce ages and becomes more sedentary, type 2 diabetes is increasingly prevalent. As Soroyo Barnes and Anne Harriss...
Brett Hill explains why he believes occupational health managers have a pivotal role to play in improving mental health, and...
As our workforce ages, and employers become more reliant on older workers, age-related hearing loss will become an increasingly important...
