April/May 2019 (vol. 15/6)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Who cares for the NHS? pp3

News

Mental health support for NHS Staff pp04-05

Limited access to work pp06

Work modifications pp06-07

Sleeping on the job pp07

Flu fighters pp07

Not just a headache pp08-09

Welding warning pp09

Age discrimination pp09

Commissioning OH pp09

Noise body pp10

EAP cost–benefit pp10

Healthy workplaces pp10

HIV prevention pp10

Carol Black pp10

Legal News

Did teacher’s fibromyalgia constitute disability? pp11-12

Vibration litigation pp12-14

Vibration prosecution pp14-15

Asbestos inaction pp15

Relief for driver pp15

Sleep-ins pp15

Skin sensitisers pp15

Features

Politics, health and working conditions pp16-20

Why globalisation and the market economy are the biggest threats to occupational health and safety in the transport sector

The effectiveness of the Fit for Work service pp21-28

Lessons from the Fit for Work evaluation – improving access to workplace health advice

Asthma at work, part 3 pp29-34 CPD

Part 3: good occupational hygiene – the pathway to prevention

Expert Witness: Subject access requests pp35-37

What to do when you are asked for occupational health records

Research Digest

Knowledge–implementation gap pp38

General health checks not worthwhile pp38-39

Return to work after pregnancy pp39

Part-time sick leave pp39-40

Midlife – no crisis pp40-41

GP workforce crisis pp41

Health promotion pp41-42

Features

Personal Learning Zone in this issue pp43 CPD