April/May 2012 (vol. 08/6)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Lean or simply mean? pp3

News

Sick doctors pp4-5

Fit for work pp5

OH advice lines evaluation pp5

The older workforce pp6

Remploy factories close pp6

NHS Plus adviceline pp6

Absence management pp6

RCN public health framework pp6-7

The state of HR pp7

Wok-related pain pp7

Legal News

Tribunal should decide on disability pp8

Reasonable adjustments pp8-9

£4K for poor hygiene pp9

Asbestos survey failed and fined pp9

Legionnaires’ prosecution pp9

NHS to embrace safer needles pp9

Features

Survey: OH pay and benefits 2012, Part 1 pp10-15

Part 1 of our survey of pay and benefits across the main OH professions

Mental health and Asperger syndrome pp16-19

The role of occupational health professionals

OH legal and practice update pp20-47

Review and preview of OH law, policy and practice

Research Plus

Measuring social support in RTW pp48

Mental health functional impairment in nurses pp48

Functional capacity testing pp48

Workplace wellness guidelines pp48

Presenteeism pp48

Nightshift work and breast cancer pp48-49

Work stress not linked to diabetes risk pp49

Double gloving pp49

Workplace health economics pp49