Wellbeing & Mental Health

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been told to make "radical" improvements in performance after an independent review uncovered "significant" internal failings hampering its ability to identify poor performance at hospitals, care...

The Labour government is to introduce new work, health and skills plans for the economically inactive, led by mayors and local areas in a bid to reach an 80% employment rate. The...

More women experience burnout than men while only one in 33 women had not been stressed at work in the previous three months, according to a survey from Employment Hero. The survey...

Eight in 10 parents do not feel their child opens up to them about their mental health, according to research from a Bupa survey of parents and children. The research, which coincides...

Colin Boxall has officially retired from the health and protection industry, he announced yesterday. Boxall (pictured centre right) was owner and executive director of the Maidstone-based Advo Group for more than 16...

Young people who never smoke could spend around a decade more of their lives in good health than those who start smoking at 18 and remain lifelong smokers. This is according to...

While the number of people economically inactive due to long-term sickness has dropped to 2.81 million people, the latest figures show the number remains at historically high levels. Office for National Statistics...

The Labour government has pledged to take action to get people back in employment following the impact of the pandemic, as part of measures announced in today's King Speech. Since the pandemic...

The new Labour government has pledged to cut NHS wait times, make the Mental Health Act fit for purpose and retrieve the Conservative's tobacco sale restrictions bill as part of the King's...

The Employee Assistance Professionals Association UK (EAPA) has expressed sadness over allegations that Health Assured breached its professional standards over the issue of confidentiality, and has opened an investigation. “EAPA UK is...