October/November 2011 (vol. 08/3)

Contents Features News Legal News Research Digest Research Plus CPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Black-Frost report pp3

News

Improving NHS OH services pp4-5

Working time monitoring abandoned pp5

OH clinical audits pp5

Smarter decisions pp5

Flu jabs for healthcare workers pp5

Stricter control pp6-7

Free asbestos training pp6

Asbestos regs pp6

H&S safety review pp6

Legionnaires’ disease pp7

Healthcare regulation pp7

Disability recruitment kitemark pp8

High road to health and work pp8-9

RIDDOR goes online pp10

Mental health pp10

Flexible working pp10

Managing stress pp10

Working through cancer pp10

Legal News

Another case of unknown disability pp11-12

Pilot case of age discrimination pp12-13

Holiday for sick workers pp13

Custody providers come under Corporate Manslaughter Act pp13-14

Second corporate manslaughter prosecution pp14

Asbestos fines pp14

Features

An ageing workforce pp15-18

Implications for occupational health

A holistic approach to stress and wellbeing at work, Part 4 pp19-21

Part 4: reducing stress and sick leave

Cancer and work pp22-26

An update from the NCSI Work and Cancer Project Group

Skin exposure pp27-31

A practical guide to the health surveillance and management of skin exposure at work

Dilemma: OH nurses – poorly represented? pp32-33

Is the RCN doing enough for OH nurses?

Expert Witness: Mental capacity and fitness to plead pp34-35

When is an individual too ill to attend disciplinary or court proceedings?

Road to accreditation pp36-37

A lone-practitioner’s journey to SEQOHS accreditation

Research Digest

Matthew effect pp38

Interpersonal skills pp38-39

Health promotion pp39

Research Plus