Occupational Health Assessment Ltd

An Employment Tribunal has decided that Long Covid may be a disability, which highlights to employers how the Equality Act 2010 can be applied.

Health firm launches night worker screening service A Surrey health business has launched a new night worker health screening programme.

Using occupational health can provide advice about medical conditions. It can suggest changes to a role that may help, or let you know how a condition may develop. Our top tips will help you get the most from professional advice.

A student at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine has been awarded the Sue Britton Bursary. Sue Britton was a double-lung transplantee who passed away in 2020. She had worked in occupational health for many years.

Health provider certified as carbon neutral 16th November 2021, Guildford, Surrey, UK A specialist medical business has been certified as having achieved carbon neutral status.

Autism is a lifelong condition affecting one in 100 people in the UK. Employers may need to support an Autistic employee. How is Autism treated? The condition is not a disease and cannot be treated or cured by medical intervention.

Malaria becomes resistant to treatment in Africa Malaria is a serious disease spread by mosquitoes. If it isn't diagnosed promptly, it can be fatal.

A new drug for the most severe depression is now available in the UK. Esketamine is a powerful drug delivered as a nasal spray (named Spravato). Depression is estimated to affect 3% of the population in the UK.

Firm fined £40,000 after failing to conduct health surveillance A civil engineering firm based in Wakefield has been fined after seven workers contracted Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) because of their work.

The silent plague of non-communicable diseases You may never heard of 'non-communicable diseases'. They're the biggest cause of death worldwide. The number of people they kill is growing every year.