June/July 2012 (vol. 09/1)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

No jubilee for absence stats pp3

News

NHS Plus divides pp4

Occupational asthma guidance pp4-5

Bosses oppose ergonomics directive pp5

Risky work on the rise pp5

OH record keeping pp6

Glove guidance pp6-7

HR code of conduct pp6

Back pain in the NHS pp6

EEF absence survey pp7

OH patient experience pp7

Myth busters pp8

Government rejects flexible working pp8

Working well pp8

BOHS Annual Conference: Olympic aims pp9-10

BOHS Annual Conference: Sun safety pp10-11

BOHS Annual Conference: Audiometry errors pp11

BOHS Annual Conference: Hypoxia pp11

BOHS Annual Conference: Cleaning up the drugs pp11-12

BOHS Annual Conference: Occupational lung disease pp12

Legal News

Age discrimination pp13-15

Asbestos victims win ‘trigger’ case pp15-16

Health surveillance company fined pp16

RIDDOR reporting pp16

Features

Titanic centenary pp17-21

A shipbuilding and occupational health legacy

Workplace health promotion, Part 1 pp22-25

Part 1: the theoretical basis for workplace health promotion strategies

Motivation at work pp26-28

A macro societal approach

A holistic approach to stress and wellbeing, Part 6 pp29-31

Part 6: the Wellbeing Process Questionnaire (WPQ short-form)

Dilemma: Outsourcing occupational health pp32-33

The case for and against

Expert Witness: Mental health at work, Part 3 pp34-35

Part 3: harassment

Research Plus

Organisational change pp39

Rotator cuff syndrome pp39

Hepatitis C prevalence pp39

In pain but in work pp39

Chronic fatigue pp39

RTW interventions pp39

Safer needles pp40

Melatonin levels and nightwork pp40

Does work improve health? pp40

Mental health absence pp40

Self-reported work-related illness pp40

Healthcare workers’ eczema pp40