Inside this issue

OH role in disaster prevention pp3

Removing barriers for disabled young people pp4-5

HSE’s five-year strategy pp5

Apnoea and driving pp5

Tea-breaker pp6-7

FfW online referrals pp7

Action on wellbeing pp7

Clinical auditing pp8

Respirable crystalline silica pp8

Active lunch breaks pp8

Letter: The State of Occupational Medicine pp9

Substantial effect and normal day-to-day activities pp10-11

Vicarious liability pp11-13

Legionella death pp13

Police compulsory retirement pp13

Unfair dismissal compensation pp13

Glasgow bin lorry crash pp14-15

Dilemma: Public health at work pp16-17

Too much wellbeing and not enough ‘proper’ OH?

Psychiatry in NHS OH and wellbeing service pp18-20

A liaison, assessment and treatment service that evolved into a ‘one-stop shop’

Wellbeing at work, Part 3 pp21-24

Part 3: survival of the fittest – can OH still compete?

Expert Witness: Not fit for a disciplinary? pp25-28

Fitness to attend capability and disciplinary interviews

Influencing influenza pp29-33

Despite targets, only half of all healthcare workers vaccinate against flu. What lies behind this reticence?

Research in OH: Designing and funding an OH trial, Part 2 pp34-38

Part 2: developing a successful national occupational health research proposal

Pre-employment examinations pp39

Reducing sedentary behaviour pp39

Job insecurity predicts depressive symptoms pp39

Reproductive risks for hairdressers and cosmetologists pp39

Does poor mental health predict absence? pp39-40

Social capital protects against sickness absence pp40

Carpal tunnel post-operative rehab pp40

Low back pain prevention pp40

HIV status has no impact on work ability pp40