Programme
- 9.00
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Registration and coffee
- 9.20
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Welcome and introduction
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work] - 9.30
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The state of occupational health
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]- Pay & benefits – are you getting enough?
- What’s happening to occupational health?
LEGAL UPDATE PART 1
- 9.45
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Disability discrimination law update
Rebecca Tuck, barrister- Discrimination arising from disability
- Determining disability, and the importance of medical
evidence
Whose responsibility?
Durham and Darlington NHS v Dr E Jackson
Agency workers - Other key cases
- 10.30
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Coffee
OH PRACTICE PART 1
- 10.50
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Professional competence
Mandy Murphy and Dr Ali Hashtroudi,
National School of Occupational Health- Developing professional competence
Educating OH nurses
OH doctors – state of play
Other OH professionals - Working with the regulators (NMC/GMC), the Faculty
of Occupational Medicine (FOM) and Faculty of
Occupational Health Nursing (FOHN) - Timescales and implications for revalidation
LEGAL UPDATE PART 2
- Developing professional competence
- 11.35
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Ethical practice
Prof Diana Kloss, with an introduction from FOM
ethics chair, Dr Steve Boorman- The FOM’s guidance on ethics for OH practice
What’s new?
Status of the guidance - Informed consent and the revised GMC guidance
- GDPR update – recent developments in data protection
- Whistleblowing malpractice
- Disclosing on grounds of safety
- The FOM’s guidance on ethics for OH practice
- 12.25
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Ethics Q&A
Your chance to ask about the implications of the new
FOM guidance with Diana Kloss and Steve Boorman - 12.45
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Lunch
OH PRACTICE PART 2
- 13.50
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Workplace wellbeing – measuring impact at work
Michael Whitmore, RAND Europe- Does measurement matter in workplace health
settings? - What to consider and when
- Case study examples evidencing approaches to
workplace health
LEGAL UPDATE PART 3
- Does measurement matter in workplace health
- 14.35
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Legal hot topics: stress, mental health
and sexual harassment
Nick Hanning, Anthony Gold Solicitors- Stress – where are we now?
- 24/7 working – whose responsibility?
- Sexual harassment
- Bullying
- Civil Liability Bill – implications for personal injury
claims at work
- 15.10
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Tea
- 15.30
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Brexit – what it will mean
for OH law
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister- What will happen to UK law based on EU Directives
and Regulations? - The European Courts
- Recruiting OH workers from the EU
- What will happen to UK law based on EU Directives
- 15.55
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General legal Q&A
Your chance to put your legal questions to our experts,
Prof Diana Kloss and Nick Hanning - 16.15
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Close of day
Benefits of attending
You will gain:
- An up-to-the-minute analysis of the implications of the new FOM ethics guidance and of Brexit on OH law
- A vital update on legislation and recent case law taking you through the complexities of informed consent, disability discrimination, stress, mental health, harassment and other hot
topics – you’ll be sure you know your obligations, and how to meet them - Knowledge of the legal dos and don’ts in some of the most difficult areas affecting OH professionals’ practice
- An update on key professional practice issues, focusing on professional competence
- The opportunity to learn how to measure the impact of workplace wellbeing – and to how to avoid the pitfalls
- A chance to network with speakers and other delegates
This event is designed for:
• OH professionals and allied health professionals
• HR managers
• H&S practitioners
• Case managers