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.
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.
More than half of adults globally and a third of children and adolescents will be overweight or experiencing obesity by...
A third of NHS doctors (35%) are so tired that their ability to treat patients is impaired, according to a report from the Medical Defence Union.
Parliamentarians come together in a new APPG to discuss how work, and workplaces, can be better used to make us healthier.
A third of workers aged 55 and over (32%) have taken time off sick with poor mental health, with older...
Low pay, poor working conditions, air pollution and insecure housing all harm people’s mental health, a report has suggested, whereas...
Fostering a culture of openness and awareness, promoting healthy lifestyle choices and, crucially, ensuring managers are well-educated and well-trained can...
The microscopic particles emitted from certain types of commonly fitted brake pads can be more toxic than those found in...
Guidance to protect midwives from excessive nitrous oxide exposure has been published by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
The...
Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high, official figures have shown, with a charity calling for a...
Cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England increased by 13% last year, compared to 2023, the latest figures from the UK...
Health professionals are being urged to adopt five key principles designed to embed, and promote, the idea that access to...
Childhood mental ill health results in life-long impacts, research has argued, including costing employers £24bn a year and future employees...
Having endometriosis can significantly reduce a woman’s employment income for anything up to five years after her diagnosis, and affect...
More than half (56%) of UK workers say they are now more likely to accept a job with an employer...
