Programme
- 8.55
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Registration and coffee
- 9.00
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Welcome, introduction and background
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]- Fitness for work in safety-critical roles
- Major incidents
- 9.10
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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 of equalities and data protection legislation on employment practice
- 9.55
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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
- 10.45
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Coffee
- 11.05
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Fitness for work
Dr Tony Williams, Working Fit- Making evidence-based decisions
- Perceptions and beliefs regarding fitness
- 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
- COVID-19 and fitness for work
- 11.55
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Safety-critical fitness for work
Dr Donna Morgans, LNER
- 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
- 12.45
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Discussion forum
- An interactive Q&A session – your opportunity to discuss the issues that currently concern you with our expert speakers. Pre-submitted questions are welcome.
- 13.10
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Lunch
- 14.10
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Fitness to drive and the OH professional
Dr Nick Jenkins, Senior Medical Doctor, 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
- 15.05
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Tea
- 15.25
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The Law Part Two: Fit for work? Legal compliance and better practice
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister- The meaning of fitness: ability to do the job or assessing potential harm to the worker?
- 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
- COVID-19
- 16.15
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Final questions
- 16.20
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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 understanding of best practice and evidence-based decisions
PLUS – printed documentation to keep for future reference.
This training is designed for:
- OH and allied health professionals
- HR managers
- Safety professionals