Wellbeing

A three-year pilot has been launched to see how people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who struggle to stay in employment...

More than one-third of workers avoid exercise during their working day because they don’t want to be seen getting hot...

Working in a persistently noisy workplace can more than double a person’s risk of heart disease, latest research has suggested.A...

Former Conservative minister Lord Young’s review of health and safety was due to be published at the end of October...

Two more big-name firms have signed up to the Constructing Better Health (CBH) occupational health scheme for the construction industry....

Stress is by far the most common health and safety problem in the workplace, according to the TUC’s biennial survey...

A breakthrough in mobile phone technology is set to revolutionise health and safety monitoring of employees and the protection of...

It is almost inevitable that some NHS occupational health departments will have to close or be merged over the next...

The Government has begun piloting its “fitness to work” assessment scheme for people on long-term sickness benefits.The pilots, to be...

As an example of 1960s modernist architecture it is hard to beat. The harsh concrete lines of architect Sir Denys Lasdun’s...

Defence secretary Liam Fox has pledged to provide armed forces veterans with access to a dedicated 24-hour support line for...

The profession’s new voluntary accreditation scheme for OH providers will be formally launched on 1 December at the Faculty of Occupational...

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine has published guidelines for good practice for occupational physicians.Good Occupational Medical Practice can be downloaded...

Employers that are unaware of their legal responsibilities towards people diagnosed with cancer are failing to make simple changes in...

Employers have reported stress as the most common cause of long-term sickness absence, according to research published today.The joint survey,...