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DAY ONE:
Wednesday 22 September 2021
12.55
Registration
1.00
Welcome and introduction and scene setting
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]
- Key developments in OH practice
1.10
The Colt Foundation Keynote Lecture: Air quality and ventilation in a time of COVID
Prof Catherine Noakes, University of Leeds and member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE)
- Airborne transmission of pathogens
- How to make buildings safe from infectious diseases
– General workplaces
– Healthcare environments - What did we learn from the COVID-19 pandemic?
2.00
‘Long COVID’ and work
Dr Tony Williams, Working Fit Ltd
- Is ‘long COVID’ a useful description?
– Physical symptoms
– Mental health - Assessing fitness for work
- Return to work
- Advising and educating workers
2.40
Tea
3.00
Adapting OH to the post-pandemic workplace
Dr Richard Heron, BP plc
- The changing nature of work and its implications
for OH - Can we deliver OH remotely?
– To remote workers? – As remote practitioners? - What worked remotely – and what didn’t?
– Health surveillance
– Assessing fitness for work
– Promoting workplace health - Preparing for future pandemics
3.40
Risk perception and (better) decisionmaking in occupational health
Dr Perry Logan, 3M
- How and why we perceive risk and its magnitude
- What does it mean for occupational health?
- Educating workers about occupational risk
- COVID-19 – risk behaviour, vaccines and more
4.20
Key legal developments arising out of the pandemic
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister
4.30
COVID and OH – Q&A with our expert panel
Chaired by Dr Steve Boorman, Empactis
Pose your questions to our afternoon speakers, presubmitted and live questions are welcome
5.20
End of first day
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DAY TWO:
23 September 2021
8.45
Registration
8.50
Welcome and introduction
Dr John Ballard, Occupational Health [at Work]
8.55
Improving access to OH
Dr Steve Boorman, Empactis
• An update on key initiatives affecting OH
9.15
Noise, loneliness and mental health: why preventing noise-induced hearing loss is a priority for OH
Dr David Greenberg, EAVE
- Why we experience hearing loss
- Sub-clinical hearing loss
- Hidden consequences of hearing loss
– physiological effects
– psychological health and loneliness
– dementia - Impact on employment
- Early detection and prevention
9.55
Hot legal topics
Prof Diana Kloss, barrister
- Update on recent key cases
- OH law post-Brexit
- Legal hot topics and Q&A
10.45
Coffee
11.05
Domestic abuse: why it’s a workplace issue
Dr Jane Pillinger, gender equality specialist
- Impact on employees, colleagues and business
- Support at work
- Role of OH
- Case study
11.45
Active management of musculoskeletal pain disorders
Prof Karen Walker-Bone, MRC Versus Arthritis Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work
- Remaining active as an intervention for musculoskeletal problems
- Is early intervention always advised?
- The Arm pain trial
- Making work part of the cure
12.25
What did the pandemic ever do for mental health at work?
Professor Rob Briner, Queen Mary University of London
- Did everyone’s mental health really get worse?
- What about those workers on the ‘front line’?
- Did the home-working phenomenon teach us anything about work–life balance, managing stress and work engagement?
- Can we be better prepared for next time?
13.15
Close of seminar