Return to work and rehabilitation

The Government’s Health and Work Service (HWS) will provide a specific, targeted assessment and return-to-work service rather than occupational health...

As the contract for the new national Health and Work Service (HWS) has finally been awarded, Janet Patterson looks at...

Owing to improved treatment and early detection, cancer is increasingly becoming a chronic rather than terminal condition, which means that...

We continue our series on professions allied to occupational health by looking at how physiotherapists will play a key role...

The ability to return to work after a kidney transplant is a complex phenomenon and it is influenced by a...

Chronic knee pain or knee osteoarthritis is associated with increased absence, according to a systematic review. Further, there is limited...

Modified work is often part of a return-to-work plan for employees with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), but there are no validated...

Occupational therapists (OTs) and occupational health professionals are frequently mistaken for each other. OTs Jain Holmes and Anne Byrne aim...

Cancer patients are being forced into unemployment because of the after effects of surgery and higher levels of depression, with...

Dr Charlie Vivian examines whether or not obtaining an employee health report from a GP – rather than an OH...

The Government’s new Health and Work Service must operate to high standards of practice, be staffed by appropriately trained and...

The Government has confirmed that its new Health and Work Service is expected to be up and running nationally from...

The Government has said it plans to extend its tax exemption on employer-funded occupational health treatments to encompass any treatment...