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Businesses will have to find new ways of monitoring and managing sickness absence as a result of the pandemic, one of the country’s most senior scientists has said. As society adapts to...

A total of 65 MPs have signed a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, urging him to recognise long-Covid as an occupational disease. And they have said workers who are suffering after...

Entries are now open for the UK Health & Protection Awards 2021 – and financial advisers and employee benefit consultancies large and small are invited to put forward submissions outlining how they...

Almost half of those who test positive for Covid-19 go on to develop depression, research has found. Health experts believe that a high number of patients have been suffering with mental health...

Digital advances in the health and social care industry alone could add £33bn to UK GDP by 2040 if sufficient investments in technology are made, a major report says. Th analysis, by...

An international medical diagnostics firm based in Northern Ireland has processed its tenth million Covid-19 test. Randox Health Services said the sample makes it the first Pillar 2 testing laboratory to achieve...

HCB Group, the employee health management and occupational health provider, has announced the launch of its CV-19 support services proposition. The HCB Long Covid Assessment & Treatment pathway – The Route to Recovery is...

Doctors are bracing themselves for a “wave” of complaints from patients due to the difficulties posed by lockdown. A survey carried out by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) and GPonline found that...

Gallagher’s Benefits and HR Consulting Division has named Dieter Gistelinck as managing consultant, global workforce strategy & consulting, Corporate Adviser reports. Gistelinck (pictured) will be responsible for developing the Gallagher Global Workforce...

The independent and private hospital and healthcare sector stands ready to continue to deliver services on behalf of the NHS as the health service gets set to undergo further reforms designed to...