Health surveillance

The government intends to put in place an “unprecedented” flu vaccination programme this autumn to help the NHS manage any...

With many businesses considering whether to utilise Covid-19 testing as part of their return-to-the-workplace strategy, Towergate Health & Protection’s Brett...

Niggles, aches, pains and anxieties stored up during lockdown need to be nipped in the bud before they become long-term...

The NHS is to launch an on-demand coronavirus recovery service aimed at supporting people with long-term breathing problems, mental health...

Employers hoping to get more staff back to work by using coronavirus antibody tests have been warned that they could...

Occupational health professionals can play an important role in helping to assess a worker’s fitness to drive for or during...

Employers UK could risk facing legal action from employees who return to work and contract the Covid-19 virus, a health...

The Constructing Better Health (CBH) occupational health scheme for the construction sector is being shut down, with the impact of...

An occupational health provider and musculoskeletal (MSK) services firm have teamed up to ‘make it simpler’ for NHS organisations to...

Almost half (47%) of employees would feel uncomfortable about telling their employer about a health concern during the coronavirus pandemic,...

Employers are being urged to promote health and wellbeing benefits, especially those that offer remote consultations, as a way to...

Medical staff in hospitals are to be tested for Covid-19 on a weekly basis, even if they are asymptomatic, in...

As thoughts turn to how the UK can gradually reopen for business post-lockdown, it is becoming all too clear that...

Dr Anne de Bono, president of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, has said research is “urgently required” to gauge whether...

Between tackling the challenges of rising rates diabetes, men’s ill health, drugs and alcohol, and working-age dementia, occupational health practitioners...