Programme
- DAY ONE:
- 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]ENGAGEMENT, ABSENCE & RETURN TO WORK
- 9.30
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Colt Foundation Keynote 1: Employee engagement: implications for OH
Prof Rob Briner, University of Bath- What is employee engagement? • How can it be measured?
- What do we know about its effects on performance?
- What do we know about how it can be increased?
- 10.15
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The true cost of absence
Prof Stephen Bevan, Institute for Employment Studies- Measurement of absence
- How to cost absence
- The cost–benefit of intervention
- 11.00
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Coffee and exhibition
- 11.30
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Advances in return to work for workers with non-specific back pain
Dr Karen Walker-Bone, Arthritis Research UK/MRC Centre
for Musculoskeletal Health and Work- Understanding back pain and sickness absence
- The biopsychosocial interface
- Effective strategies to improve the chances of a return to work
MENTAL HEALTH
- 12.15
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Mental health for OH professionals
Dr Max Henderson, Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust- Mental health assessments – practical skills for OH professionals
- Worrying cases – suicidal ideation
- When to refer on
- 13.05
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Lunch and exhibition
LEGAL ISSUES AND Q&A
- 14.15
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Hot legal issues and legal Q&A
Nick Hanning, Dutton Gregory LLP- Vicarious liability
- Musculoskeletal claims – the new noise?
- Update on recent case law
- 15.00
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Legal Q&A
Nick Hanning and Prof Diana Kloss- Your chance to ask any question on any subject in OH law
- 15.20
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Tea and exhibition
CLINICAL AND PRACTICE UPDATE
- 15.45
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Colt Foundation Keynote 2: Sleep, health and work
Professor Jim Horne, Leicester University- OH implications of poor sleep on productivity, safety and health
- Sleep hygiene – how to advise employees
- 16.30
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What matters to you in OH practice? Five-minute briefing sessions Find out more
- Your chance to highlight some work that has helped improve
health in your workplace, or share a great new idea – but you’ve
only got FIVE minutes and 20 slides to do it!
- Your chance to highlight some work that has helped improve
- 17.30
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End of day
- 19.30
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Conference dinner and entertainment
- An opportunity to network and chat with fellow delegates and speakers in a relaxed atmosphere at our conference dinner at 7.30pm. Our entertainment will add a sparkle to the evening!The conference dinner is included for those delegates booking the full conference package of attendance at both days, dinner and accomodation on 13 October.
- DAY TWO
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DISABILITY
- 8.00
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Disability discrimination
Irwin Mitchell LLP - 8.35
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Registration and coffee
- 8.55
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Welcome and introduction
- 9.00
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Improving employment for disabled people
Dr Nassir Siabi, Microlink PC Ltd- Bridging the employment gap
- Improving opportunities for young disabled people
- Coping strategies – facilitation at work
- The business case
YOUNGER WORKERS
- 9.45
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Generation Y & Z: an OH challenge
Karen Coomer, KC Business Health Ltd- Three million apprentices by 2020 – why OH should act now
- Psychosocial and mental health issues for young workers
- New ways to engage young people in workplace health
FITNESS FOR WORK
- 10.10
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The Glasgow bin lorry crash
Dr Gareth Wyn Parry, DVLA- Can such incidents be prevented through medical assessment?
- Role of the OH professional in assessing fitness to drive
- Accessing relevant medical information from GPs
- Interpreting the DVLA’s Assessing fitness to drive guidance
- 10.50
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Coffee and exhibition
- 11.20
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The role of OH in preventing fatal accidents
Dr Olivia Carlton, Transport for London- What the Glasgow bin lorry crash and Germanwings flight 9525 inquiries mean for OH professionals
- When to disclose without the patient’s consent
- How to encourage self-disclosure
- 12.00
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Weighing up risk – confidentiality v disclosure
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister- The duty of confidentiality • When must I disclose?
- What is ‘in the public interest’?
- Balancing the rights of the individual with protecting others
- 12.40
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Roundtable discussion
- 13.00
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Lunch and exhibition
- 14.00
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Introduction to afternoon
- 14.10
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Behavioural safety
Dr Jennifer Lunt, J. Lunt Associates Ltd- Understanding behaviour at work
- Whose behaviour? Managers? Employees?
- Successful approaches
- 14.50
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Short break
THE OH PROFESSION
- 15.00
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Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing update
Jo Berriman, UK Faculty of Occupational Health Nursing development group- Progress on the FOHN development group
- OH nurse education
- Next steps
- 15.25
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Shaping up: Is OH fit for future challenges?
Dr Steve Boorman, Empactis- The challenges facing the OH workforce. What are the solutions?
- The wellbeing agenda – an opportunity to embrace?
- Selling the value of OH to employers
- 16.00
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Close of conference
Benefits of attending
You will gain:
- An in-depth update on employee engagement and the OH implications of sleep on productivity, safety at work and longterm health. Our two keynote lectures from the Colt Foundation look at the latest research in these areas.
- An up-to-the-minute insight into fitness for work issues, and the role of OH in preventing fatal accidents. Plus, you can ensure that you’re fully compliant with the law, as legal expert Diana Kloss examines the issues of confidentiality for OH professionals.
- An understanding of how organisations can improve opportunities for disabled people – and the business case for doing so. Our breakfast briefing also provides an update on the latest disability discrimination case law.
- Practical skills in managing complex mental health cases.
- Plenty of opportunities to network with speakers and fellow delegates – including at our conference dinner.
- Opportunities to see new products at our OH exhibition.
