Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high, official figures have shown, with a charity calling for a...
Wellbeing and health promotion
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Cases of tuberculosis (TB) in England increased by 13% last year, compared to 2023, the latest figures from the UK...
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Health professionals are being urged to adopt five key principles designed to embed, and promote, the idea that access to...
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Childhood mental ill health results in life-long impacts, research has argued, including costing employers £24bn a year and future employees...
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Having endometriosis can significantly reduce a woman’s employment income for anything up to five years after her diagnosis, and affect...
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More than half (56%) of UK workers say they are now more likely to accept a job with an employer...
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Ahead of World Cancer Day, more than seven out of 10 employees (71%) living with cancer say they don’t get...
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Intense pressure on paediatric physiotherapy, with children often waiting far longer for treatment than they should, risks causing lifelong health...
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Better access to OH could be key to reducing UK’s ill health worklessness – report
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonEnabling much more “comprehensive” access to occupational health expertise could be one of the keys to reducing ill health-related worklessness...
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Hidden in plain sight: Addressing the silent struggles of sandwich carers
by Karl Bennettby Karl BennettSo-called ‘sandwich carers’ – those juggling both childcare and elder care – can face particular struggles to stay in the...
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With hospitals and workplaces struggling to cope with this winter’s surge in flu and respiratory viruses, a charity has called...
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The government’s Keep Britain Working review is an “opportunity to start a national reset on workforce health”, a leading think-tank has said.
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Keep Britain Working review gets under way, with major reforms due this spring
by Nic Patonby Nic PatonMinisters launch a promised independent review into how employers can be better supported to employ people with disabilities and health conditions.
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More than eight out of 10 employers (82%) agree they play an important role in helping employees return to work...
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The surge we’ve seen in cases of flu this winter poses an “unprecedented” workplace and public health challenge, an occupational...