Workplace sickness

The vast majority of GPs believe that helping patients to stay in or return to work is an important part of their role.

Nearly all UK employees will go to work when they are sick, Canada life has found.

Best Doctors is considering branching out into wellness, occupational health and potentially general insurance.

A staggering 8% of all cancer deaths in Britain are a result of exposure to carcinogens in the workplace, research from the Imperial College London has revealed.

Employee benefits as an intervention to address sickness absence will not work alone if employers do not focus on suitable job design for their employees, an expert in workplace health has warned.

Workplace health initiatives, specifically for mental health, should be treated as part of a firms operational risk profile not as separate a health issue, according to behavioural psychologists.

Work is a "fantastic place" to help support public health issues and it is "ridiculous" for government to be expected to singularly tackle these problems, Dame Carol Black has said.

Awareness of mental ill health in the workplace has increased significantly, but there is still work to be done, a British Journal of Psychiatry paper has shown.

Half of workers assume their boss would foot the bill for long-term sick leave.

Too few UK businesses are measuring the impact of their workplace wellness strategies on business and employees, a Buck Consultants survey reveals.