Programme

9.00

Registration and coffee

9.20

Welcome and introduction
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]

9.30

Hot topics for OH practice
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]

  • What’s happening with the fit note and the Fit for Work service?

LEGAL UPDATE PART 1

9.40

Data protection, consent and confidentiality… all change for OH law
and practice?
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister

  • The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Bill
  • OH records
  • Consent and confidentiality
    – GMC guidance and consultation
    – Implications for OH nurses
    – Disclosure to the DVLA
    – Ethics guidance for OH Practice – forthcoming changes
10.40

Coffee

11.00

Disability discrimination – a legal update
Rebecca Tuck, barrister

  • Recruitment
  • Capability dismissals where there is a disability
  • Disability-related absence
11.50

Legal surgery

  • Your chance to ask questions of our expert speakers

OH PRACTICE PART 1

12.10

Back pain – current best practice

David Rogers, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital

  • Updated NICE guidance on low back pain and sciatica
  • Biopsychosocial approach to back pain
  • Interactive case study
12.55

Lunch

13.55

The Workplace Wellbeing Index
Emma Mamo, Mind

  • General introduction to the Index: what it does and how it works
  • Participating in the Index: process, support available and outcomes
  • Key insights from the 2016–17 Index
  • Learning from others: employer case studies

LEGAL UPDATE PART 2

14.30

Legal hot topics
Nick Hanning, Dutton Gregory LLP

  • Transgender issues at work
    – Protection under the Equality Act 2010
    – Non-binary identities not protected by the EqA
  • Vicarious liability – implications for OH
  • Drugs and alcohol testing
  • Whistleblowing – latest developments
15.20

Tea

OH PRACTICE PART 2

15.40

Drug and alcohol testing – getting it right
Helen Vangikar, toxicology consultant

  • Reasonable grounds for testing
  • Policy and procedures
  • Sanctions
  • Difficult issues
16.25

Final questions

16.30

Close of day

Benefits of attending

How will attending this training day benefit you?

You will gain:

  • An up to the minute analysis of the implications for OH practice of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Bill
  • A vital update on legislation and recent case law taking you through the complexities of consent and confidentiality, disability discrimination, transgender issues at work, whistleblowing and other hot topics – you’ll be sure you know your obligations, and how to meet them
  • Knowledge of the legal dos and don’ts in some of the most difficult areas affecting OH professionals’ practice
  • An update on key professional practice issues, including an understanding of current best practice in the management of back pain at work, and of drug and alcohol testing
  • The opportunity to learn about the new Workplace Wellbeing Index from Mind and get an update on the fit note and the Fit for Work service
  • A chance to network with speakers and other delegates

This event is designed for:

  • OH professionals and allied health professionals
  • HR managers
  • H&S practitioners
  • Case managers

If you can only attend one conference this season, make sure you’re prepared for 2018 and come to this essential day!

 

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