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.
Ahead of World Cancer Day, more than seven out of 10 employees (71%) living with cancer say they don’t get...
Intense pressure on paediatric physiotherapy, with children often waiting far longer for treatment than they should, risks causing lifelong health...
Enabling much more “comprehensive” access to occupational health expertise could be one of the keys to reducing ill health-related worklessness...
So-called ‘sandwich carers’ – those juggling both childcare and elder care – can face particular struggles to stay in the...
The UK stands among the worst performers in workplace health for people with long-term ill health or disability, according to new research.
With hospitals and workplaces struggling to cope with this winter’s surge in flu and respiratory viruses, a charity has called...
The government’s Keep Britain Working review is an “opportunity to start a national reset on workforce health”, a leading think-tank has said.
An initiative between the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and train drivers’ union ASLEF is enabling more people with...
Ministers launch a promised independent review into how employers can be better supported to employ people with disabilities and health conditions.
More than eight out of 10 employers (82%) agree they play an important role in helping employees return to work...
The surge we’ve seen in cases of flu this winter poses an “unprecedented” workplace and public health challenge, an occupational...
It may be something of an artificial calendar marker, but ‘Blue Monday’ today is nevertheless an opportunity for employers to...
How we define obesity needs to become more nuanced, a report has argued, with body mass index (BMI) as a...
Tens of millions of people feel their health and wellbeing is being negatively affected by their workplaces, their homes and...
Almost two-thirds of UK workers fear they are risk of burning out this year as businesses cut back on resources...
