Return to work and rehabilitation

Stress fractures are common among army recruits and women are affected more frequently than men. Anne Harriss and Nicola Corkiss...

Occupational health can play a key role when an employee is returning to the workplace after cancer treatment. Emily Gilkes...

Occupational health managers’ sickness absence reports sometimes fail to provide HR with the information it needs to make a decision...

Telephone assessments are increasingly used to assess patients in the OH industry. Chris Rhodes, chief nursing officer at the Government’s...

Early intervention in sickness absence cuts sick leave by 17% for absences of six months duration or more, a report...

Helena Brady and Anne Harriss highlight some of the theory on which cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is based. They explore ...

An award-winning approach to returning to work with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is getting results. Occupational health physiotherapist Heather Watson explains...

The new Fit for Work health assessment service has completed its national roll-out across the UK, the Government said in...

New guidance on functional capacity evaluation from the professional body for physiotherapists in occupational health has been released to help ...

Referral into the Government’s Fit for Work service should be made mandatory for any employee who has been off work...

Seven months on from the launch of the Government’s new Fit for Work service, three-quarters of employers and 60% of...

Employers appear to be divided as to whether or not the new Fit for Work service is going to be...

Managing sickness absence due to mental health is one of the top challenges for HR and occupational health. Felicity Fleming...

Leading employers Hewlett Packard and Lend Lease are showing how organisations can take a proactive approach to managing cancer in...

While GPs tend to sign cancer patients off work for long periods, supporting people with cancer in the workplace can...