The economic cost of the pandemic is not yet fully clear, even if the final bill is likely to eye-watering. But, as Vicky Walker argues, if UK plc is to get back on its feet post pandemic, it will need to focus on a wellbeing recovery as much as an economic one. We all know […] More
Armed forces’ veterans suffering mental ill health will now be able to get specialist mental health and rehabilitation support, NHS England has said. The ‘Op Courage’ service, launched this week by NHS chief executive Sir Simon Stevens, will provide therapy, rehabilitation services and, in extreme cases, inpatient care to hundreds of former soldiers, sailors and […] More
There is an “urgent need” to address obesity levels in the UK, the Royal College of Physicians has warned, in response to findings that there is a clear link between obesity and higher death rates from Covid-19. The report from the World Obesity Federation this week highlighted that 2.2 million of the 2.5 million deaths […] More
Shutterstock Unions have dismissed a recommended 1% pay increase for NHS staff as ‘pitiful and bitterly disappointing’ and ‘the worst kind of insult’. In its written evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body, the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) recommended a headline pay award of 1% for the 2021/22 pay round. It said […] More
Shutterstock. People with ADHD often possess qualities and skills that make them valuable assets to any organisation, but sometimes face significant challenges at work. Katherine Kindersey outlines how employers should be supporting them. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects around 5% of children and 3% of adults in the UK. […] More
Image: Chaz Bharj / Shutterstock.com Accusations have been flying about that ‘irresponsible’ employers are putting employees under pressure to come into potentially unsafe workplaces when they could be working from home and so helping to spread the more transmissible variants of Covid-19. Nic Paton tries to make sense of what appears to be a more […] More
COVID-19-related federal paid-leave benefits are no longer available to workers, but Congress may consider a bill that would create a permanent paid family and medical leave program. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., recently reintroduced the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act, which would provide workers with up to 12 weeks of paid […] More
On Feb. 26, 2021, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and a related press release addressing the implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and other health coverage issues related to COVID-19. COVID-19 Diagnostic […] More
