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A record number of people in England have looked to access cognitive behavioural therapy in the past year, data has shown.

The latest annual workplace health snapshot from the CIPD has shown employers could still be thinking more strategically about health and work.  

Employers and OH practitioners have been urged to be aware of the latest amendments to the 1967 Abortion Act, which was updated in parliament last week.

The innovative response to the pandemic taken by OH provider Health Management led to it winning ‘Best mental health initiative’ in last year’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards.

Free Covid-19 testing for the majority of workers has now ended, but that doesn't mean testing won't still be beneficial to employers.

Occupational health assessments are becoming one of the most important tools in the employer armoury for managing and supporting long Covid, research has suggested.

More than seven out of 10 employees working for small and medium-sized businesses say they have received no mental health...

The cost to employers of absenteeism, presenteeism and people leaving or moving jobs because of mental ill health has increased...

Ahead of new regulations taking effect, IOSH has said personal protective equipment (PPE) should be “the last resort” when it comes to protecting workers.

The innovative response taken by HS2 and provider IPRS Health led to it winning ‘Best musculoskeletal initiative’ in last year’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing Awards.

A survey finds menopause support in the education sector is lacking, despite it being widely accepted that symptoms can be debilitating for a woman’s physical and psychological wellbeing.

Sage research into Covid prevalence highlighted how important ‘choice’ over an individual’s work situation is for health outcomes, one of the government's top health experts has said.

The NHS’s Diabetes Prevention Programme reduced new diagnoses of Type 2 diabetes in England by 7% between 2018 and 2019.

There has been a significant increase in prescribing of anxiety medication by health professionals over the past decade, a study has suggested.

More than half of pregnant women in England have now had one or more doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, government figures show.