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.
Four million UK workers aged over 50 expect poor health and health problems to be the main reasons they stop...
A study into drivers working as part of the “gig economy” has highlighted the importance of businesses treating the management...
Most of us understand all too well we need to be less sedentary. But just being told you need to...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a term that gets bandied around a lot, explains Christine Husbands. But what does it mean...
The Display Screen Equipment regulations predate the ubiquity of screens, tablets, laptops and smartphones in the modern workplace. So are...
Fit notes “not implemented as intended”
The “fit note” was introduced in 2010 and was designed to radically change the...
A final question – more statement really – to minister Sarah Newton at June’s Society and Faculty of Occupational Medicine...
Fit in 50 is a new booklet designed to offer practical and accessible exercises to get sedentary employers out of...
The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health’s (IOSH) “No Time to Lose” campaign has been working since 2014 to reduce...
For a sustainable and meaningful approach to employee wellbeing, employers need to start from day one of employment with an...
Whatever you may feel about Brexit, there is an argument that occupational health practitioners should be willing and hoping Theresa...
NHS England has outlined plans to limit a range of surgical procedures, including for common workplace-related conditions such as carpal...
The minister for disabled people, health and work, Sarah Newton, has said the government is “certainly not ruling out” the...
Thousands more fit notes were issued by GPs in England in the second quarter of last year, including a 13.5%...
The TUC’s senior policy officer for health and safety, Hugh Robertson, has sharply criticised Government moves to scrap the Fit...
