Stress has been highlighted as a major factor in a continued rise in sickness absence at West Lothian Council.

The services hit most by absence, both long and short term, are Education, Housing, Customer and Building Services and ...

Dido Harding, Head of Test and Trace, has told the Covid-19 inquiry: “The UK spent much less than other developed countries ...

Improving the nation's health is a moral imperative in its own right. It is also one of the keys to unlocking the ...

A new report shows 999 call handlers increasingly going off sick and quitting because they feel helpless to help as NHS ...

NHS 999 staff are quitting and suffering burnout caused by the “relentless pressure” of calls, according to new research. Figures obtained by Unison from ambulance services showed high turnover rates ...

More than a quarter of NHS ambulance control room staff quitting their jobs over the past three years - with a lack of ...

Trying to get a doctor's appointment is like trying to win the lottery these days, and as a result, it has a knock-on effect ...

This impacts on wellbeing, sickness levels ... working closely with partners from higher education and the NHS to come up with impactful, rapidly transferable evidence that will support employers to ...

"High sickness absence rates are a symptom of ... provide services and we thank them for their continued efforts. “NHS Wales employers are expected to put the health and wellbeing needs of ...

In fact, an NHS cleaner has made headlines ... Sick Pay Regulations of 1982 and the Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations of 1985. Employers are also required to observe other "sick ...