April/May 2013 (vol. 09/6)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Climbing Ladders, Meeting Deadlines pp3

News

Nurse Revalidation pp4

Settlement agreements pp4-5

Notes for fit notes pp5

Super-sized OH body pp5

Needlesticks toolkit pp5

Alternative fit note pp5

Pregnant workers pp5

H&S review pp6

Schizophrenia pp6

BMA guidance pp6-7

Doctors’ hours pp7

TUC absence guide pp7

HAVS costs cash pp7

Fit for construction pp7

Legal News

Failure to make adjustments pp8

No enhanced sick pay for disabled police officer pp8-10

Features

Flexible stress standards pp11-13

Multiple applications for the HSE's Management Standards for work-related stress

Expert Witness: Covert surveillance pp14-15

Privacy, covert surveillance and occupational health practice

Research Plus

No evidence for EMF link to motor neuron or Alzheimer disease pp16

Telephone-based physio pp16-17

Return to work pp16

Pregnancy outcomes and work activity pp16

Workplace health promotion pp16

GPs’ job demands predict stress pp16

Nightwork link to ovarian cancer, but no dose effect pp17

Depression leads to poor employment outcomes pp17

No gain from OH obesity programme pp17

Work stress and cancer pp17

Probiotics to prevent common cold pp17

Features

OH legal and practice update pp18-48

Review and preview of OH law, policy and practice