August/September 2014 (vol. 11/2)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Obese and disabled? pp3

News

OH nurse sanctioned pp4-5

HWDU to close pp4

Work programme failing ‘hard-to-help’ pp5

HWS contract pp5

HWS is not OH, says BMA pp5

Back on the treadmill pp6

H&S Europe pp6-7

Child protection pp7

Draft NMC code pp7

Hepatitis E pp7

Oil and gas H&S pp7

Care homes pp8

Business case pp8

Cancer at work pp8

UK’S overtime culture pp8

Legal News

Right to request flexible working pp9

Reasonable adjustments duty does not extend to employee’s child pp9-10

Absence trigger decision is controversial pp10-11

Seldon – one last appeal? pp12

M&S employee secures compensation pp12

Letter

Letter: OH nurse revalidation pp13

Features

The business case for OH, Part 1 pp14-16

Part 1: making the business case for occupational health

Indemnity cover: your views pp17-21

Professional indemnity cover for OH professionals

THOR – the strength of OH data, Part 1 pp22-25

Part 1: The Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network

Alcohol education at work pp26-29

A pilot intervention study

Hand–arm vibration syndrome, Part 3 pp30-35

Part 3: clinical grading and management

Expert Witness: Shocking – but no compensation pp36-38

Legal liability for ‘nervous shock’

Conference News: Science at the SOM pp39-41

Highlights of the 2014 annual scientific meeting of the Society of Occupational Medicine

Research Plus

Can physical activity help cut absence? pp42

Wellness programmes for smaller firms pp42

Smart CBT? pp42

Epilepsy, diabetes and risk of injury pp42

Hepatitis C treatment options pp42-43

Sleep problems may hinder return to work pp43

Fibromyalgia pp43

Chronic knee pain pp43

Mitigating the ill-health effects of nightwork pp43