Programme
- 9.00
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Registration and coffee
- 9.15
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Welcome, introduction and background
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]
- Fitness for work in safety critical roles
- Fatal incidents at work: Glasgow bin lorry crash; Germanwings flight 9525; Coventry bus crash
- 9.25
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Pre-employment and pre-placement health screening: research update
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]
- Health screening, discrimination and employment
- Complex questionnaires or simple declarations?
- Impact on practice of The Equality Act 2010 and data protection legislation
- 10.00
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The law part one: pre-employment health checks and medicals
Nick Hanning, Anthony Gold Solicitors
- The Equality Act 2010
- Age, sex, pregnancy and disability discrimination
- Data protection – Data Protection Act 2018
and the GDPR - Employment law
- Health and safety law – special cases
- Human rights
- 10.50
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Coffee
- 11.10
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Fitness for work
Dr Tony Williams, Working Fit
- Making evidence-based decisions
- Perceptions and beliefs regarding fitness
- Fitness for work after surgery
- Self assessment/declaration versus employment medicals
- Role of the GP/specialist
- Do you need a specialist’s report?
- Implications of ageing on fitness
– healthcare
– transport - Rehabilitation, adjustments and adaptations
- 12.00
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Safety-critical fitness for work
Dr Tim Stevenson, The Healthy Company
- Assessing fitness for safety-critical work
– pre-placement or pre-employment?
– assessing ongoing fitness for work
– what criteria to use
– industry standards - Drug and alcohol testing
– legal and ethical considerations
– when to test and what to test
– practicalities and pitfalls
– managing cases
- Assessing fitness for safety-critical work
- 12.50
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Discussion forum
- An interactive Q&A session – your opportunity to discuss with our expert speakers the issues that currently concern you. Pre-submitted questions are welcome.
- 13.05
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Lunch
- 14.10
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Fitness to drive and the OH professional
Dr Nick Jenkins, DVLA
- Accessing relevant medical information from GPs
- Interpreting the DVLA’s Assessing fitness to drive guidance
- Disclosing medical conditions to the DVLA without the individual’s consent
- The ageing driver – implications of the Coventry bus crash
- 15.00
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Tea
- 15.20
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The law part two: fit for work? Legal compliance and better practice
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister
- Glasgow bin lorry and Coventry bus crashes –
implications for healthcare professionals - Sick pay and evidence of sickness
- Termination and retirement on health grounds
- Disability – assessment and reasonable adjustments
- Age discrimination – when is it justified?
- Disclosure of unfitness to work without consent
- Statutory health surveillance
- Glasgow bin lorry and Coventry bus crashes –
- 16.10
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Final questions
- 16.15
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Close of conference
Benefits of attending
You will gain:
- an up-to-the-minute understanding of how the legislation and case law relating to employment medicals and fitness for work impacts on your responsibilities and your day-to-day work. You’ll
be certain of your obligations, and how to comply with them - insight into the issues affecting fitness to drive and drug and alcohol testing
- an in-depth appreciation of best practice
This training is designed for:
- OH and allied health professionals
- HR managers
- Safety professionals