February/March 2014 (vol. 10/5)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Safe in our hands pp3

News

Strong case for the HSE pp4-5

Cognitive impairment pp5

OH tax exemption pp5

Central funding withdrawn pp5

Nurse revalidation pp5

Telephone triage pp6

Young people with chronic conditions pp7

Malingering pp7

Zero-hours zero balance? pp8-9

Mental health first aid pp8

Fit note letter template pp8

NHS absence guidance pp8

Legal News

How long is too long? pp10-12

Consent to test blood of dead body pp10

Features

Meet the practitioner: Dr Bernadette Paver pp13

OH on the Falkland Islands

Collaborative research pp14-17

Occupational health practitioner and academic research collaboration

Protecting the sexual health of workers pp18-21

Sub-Saharan Africa and other high HIV prevalence regions

Hygiene matters pp22-23

The health and future of the occupational hygiene profession

Survey: Health screening at Recruitment, Part 2 pp24-35

Part 2: health questionnaires, declarations, medical reports and cost

Expert Witness: Disability: known and unknown knowns pp36-37

When does the employer know of an employee's disability and can it rely on OH opinion?

Research Digest

Surviving cold water immersion pp38

Working time pp38-39

Work after heart disease pp39

Divers’ PTSD pp39

Football medicals pp39

Research Plus

Back injury link to daily patient transfers pp40

Head injury increases PTSD risk in military personnel pp40-41

Back pain absence variability pp40

Feeling poorly predicts employment exit pp40

Work-related upper limb disorders pp40

No lung cancer link in baking industry pp41

Modifiable risk factors for sciatica pp41

Return to work after injury pp41

Occupational asthmagens pp41

Trainee nurses’ wet work risks hand eczema pp41