With demand for mental health support rising, proper assessment always needs to be your starting point when working to help...
Return to work and rehabilitation
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Two new treatments, one for tackling osteoporosis after menopause and a gene therapy for the blood disorder beta-thalassaemia, have been...
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A medication used for autoimmune conditions has been found to be effective in relieving the pain and stiffness caused by...
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Long Covid cognitive and psychiatric problems can last for years – study
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonMany people who have been hospitalised with Covid-19 continue to have cognitive and psychiatric problems even two to three years...
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More women than men experience burnout, and report lower financial resilience, according to a poll.
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More than two-thirds of employees (70%) have never been referred to occupational health by their employer, with half of employers...
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As the new government sets about transforming the NHS, mental health services and GP access, can they really reduce sickness absence?
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A drug to treat headaches, atogepant, is also effective at decreasing migraine days in adults with chronic migraine, research has...
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Spiralling sickness absence is spurring more employers to recognise they may need to invest in workplace health support, with more...
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More than a million UK workers feel forced to work when ill, with such presenteeism largely the result of being...
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Government has ‘misdiagnosed’ the drivers of UK’s sickness problem
by Tina Woodsby Tina WoodsNext UK government should look at what is really driving long-term absence – the shortcomings in workplace health support and the broken sick pay system.
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The majority of health and safety professionals want the next government to prioritise improving occupational health services to cut the...
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Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms affect fewer people than thought – study
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonAround one in six people who stop taking antidepressants experience withdrawal symptoms, but this is fewer than had previously been...
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Ethnic minority patients with heart failure at higher risk of death – study
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonEthnic minority patients with heart failure are at much higher risk of death than White patients, research has concluded.
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Cancer rates in people aged 25 to 49 increased by nearly a quarter (24%) from 1995 to 2019, according to...