February/March 2011 (vol. 07/5)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

OH in the new NHS pp3

News

Work at the heart of public health strategy pp4-5

Risk assessment trial pp5

Depression and long-term absence pp5

The changing face of NHS OH services pp6-7

NHS pay freeze is a ‘no-go’ pp7

Flu vaccination in healthcare workers pp8-9

Flu jabs R Us pp9

Too much too Young pp9

Asthma compensation pp10

Default retirement age pensioned off pp10

Shifting injuries pp10

Legal News

Rest breaks not equivalent to on-call working pp11-13

Penalised for signing a working time opt-out? pp11

RIDDOR consultation pp13

Cost of early retirement justified age discrimination pp13-14

OH nurse cautioned over falsified screening results pp14

Features

Sleep, work and health, Part 1 pp15-18

Part 1: the impact of work on sleep

Selling the healthy work message pp19-21

The UK’s first health, work and wellbeing coordinators

Managing traumatic stress at work pp22-26

An organisational approach to the management of potentially traumatic events

Bloodborne viruses, Part 1 pp27-33

Part 1 of a progress report on protecting the health and safety of healthcare workers from viral hepatitis and HIV

A holistic approach to stress and wellbeing, Part 1 pp34-35

Part 1: series overview

Unfair dismissal pp36-37

What makes an employee’s dismissal a fair one?

Research Digest

The dynamics of absence pp38

Vocational rehab pp38

Cost of presenteeism pp38-39

Poor vision affects employment pp39

Obesity raises discrimination risk pp39

Corrigendum: Carry on talking pp39

Research Plus

Economic benefits of integrated care pp40

Nursing errors pp40-41

Management stress training RCT pp40

Supervisor training in mental health at work pp40

Does past absence predict future absence? pp40

Pre-employment medicals pp40

Return to work after cancer pp40

Upper-limb disorders – evidence review pp40

Memory training for older workers? pp41

Blood lead and pregnancy pp41

Long-term neurological conditions pp41