April/May 2014 (vol. 10/6)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

It’s all in the recipe pp3

News

All change at Atos pp4

Public health guidance at work pp5

Self-referring to OH pp5

RCN indemnity scheme pp5

OECD costs UK mental health pp6-7

Mental health policy pp6

Letter

Telephone triage pp7

News

Compulsory flu jabs? pp8-9

Drugs and alcohol pp8

ONS signs off absence data pp9

When I’m 74 pp9

Features

Meet the practitioner: Janet Patterson pp10

Janet Patterson – Group OH coordinator at Greggs the Baker

Hand–arm vibration syndrome, Part 1 pp11-14

Part 1: introduction, exposure and risk assessment

Menopause: an OH issue? pp15-17

Workplace health issues for women experiencing menopause

Research Plus

Ageing pilots pp18

Offshore shift work pp18

Work scheduling could reduce HGV crashes pp18

Chromium VI cancer risk at work pp18

COPD causally linked to occupational exposure pp18-19

Carpal tunnel syndrome not linked to computer use pp19

Worksite exercise pp19

Work can protect against cognitive impairment and dementia pp19

Work tasks may risk hand osteoarthritis pp19

Germany loses €2.18 million in weight-related sick leave pp19

Features

OH legal and practice update pp20-49

Review and preview of OH law, policy and practice