Conference News: Employment medicals and fitness for work

Summary:

THE At Work Partnership held a one-day conference to discuss employment medicals and issues around fitness for work¹. Speakers included barrister Professor Diana Kloss, Keith Ashcroft from the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Dr Nerys Williams – former principal occupational physician for the Department of Work and Pensions, and Dr Marianne Dyer – a consultant occupational physician with extensive experience in safety-critical industries.

Health screening, discrimination and employment Dr John Ballard, editor of Occupational Health [at Work], chaired the conference and opened with a presentation on health screening, discrimination and employment.…     

Rebecca Ghani is news and features writer for of Occupational Health [at Work].   

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Occupational Health at Work August/September 2013 (vol. 10/2) pp32-35

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