Health surveillance

As UK workplaces look gradually to open back up as lockdown restrictions are lifted, the TUC has warned that many...

People with asthma have only a modestly increased risk of developing severe Covid-19 and requiring admission to hospital from the...

Research finds many people hospitalised with Covid-19 are still struggling months later.

Urgent referrals for patients with suspected lung cancer have dropped by a third over the past year, a study has...

There could be 12,000 additional heart attacks and strokes in England in the next five years due to a reduction...

Senior health professionals have suggested that up to a million people will need treatment for long Covid, which will place...

Male ‘night owls’ face an increased risk of early retirement because of disability, a study has suggested.
According to a...

Continuing our occasional series looking at “a day in the life” of OH practitioners, Occupational Health & Wellbeing spoke to...

Employers should not lose sight of the risks posed by carcinogens at work while they focus on minimising Covid-19 risks,...

‘Health hubs’ combining GP surgeries, health and social care services and gyms should be established in town centres where shops...

The construction sector faced major workplace health, safety and wellbeing challenges even before the logistical and financial problems generated by...

With the NHS under severe pressure from the latest wave of Covid-19, nurses, GPs and unions have raised concerns about...

One in five women and one in eight men screened positive for a possible eating disorder in 2019, recently published...

Many people suffering with ‘long Covid’ are still unable to fully work six months after their initial coronavirus infection, according...

Urgent action is needed to improve the training about smoking cessation that mental health nurses and psychiatrists receive, a report...