Wellbeing and health promotion

Less than half (44%) of employers have an employee wellbeing strategy in place and a fifth do not intend to...

Male ‘night owls’ face an increased risk of early retirement because of disability, a study has suggested.
According to a...

Six in 10 (63%) employers have increased the level of support they offer staff across one or more areas of...

The Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM) has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak to highlight the need for occupational health to...

The number of deaths in England and Wales directly related to alcohol misuse hit a record high in the first...

Leading mental health organisations have said the mental and physical health of frontline staff should be a national priority going...

Eight in 10 workers (81%) say their employer has done a good job of supporting them over the past year,...

Employers need to look at the bigger picture when deciding how best to support employees as the pandemic rages on....

Three in five (63%) business leaders think employers have more responsibility for their workforce’s mental and physical health outside of...

More than a third (37.7%) of musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) cases were connected to work in 2020, compared with just 1.4%...

‘Health hubs’ combining GP surgeries, health and social care services and gyms should be established in town centres where shops...

Just half a pint of beer or a small glass of wine a day can increase the risk of irregular...

Physical activity can be associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease, with the greatest benefit seen among those who...

More than four in 10 working adults believe an increase in screen time during the Covid-19 pandemic has led to...

The government plans to have administered a first Covid-19 vaccination dose to everyone in the most vulnerable groups by the...