August/September 2013 (vol. 10/2)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

In need of evidence pp3

News

Tax breaks for health pp4

148 workers killed pp4

The next of the MoHaWK data pp5

GPs, work and health pp6

Working with cystic fibrosis pp6-7

HSE consults on asbestos and COSHH pp7

Recorded consultations pp8

Domestic abuse pp8

Nice work pp8

Not so fit notes pp8-9

Occupational disease across Europe pp10

Young hygienist award pp10

VRA standards of practice pp10

Legal News

Unreasonable adjustment pp11-12

When I’m 65 … or 66? pp11

Employment tribunal rules pp12

Nurses’ indemnity insurance pp12

Features

Assessing the benefits pp13-18

What next for the Work Capability Assessments?

Unravelling RIDDOR pp19-23

The HSE plots more changes to the reporting regime

Carpal tunnel syndrome, Part-2 pp24-27

Part 2 - Clinical diagnosis and management

Dilemma: Health, safety and the insurance industry pp28-29

Can insurers do more to encourage better OH&S management?

Blowing the whistle pp30-31

Protection for workers who make public-interest disclosures

Conference News: Employment medicals and fitness for work pp32-35

Research Digest

High-pitch noisy distractions pp36-37

Powder-free latex gloves pp37

Facemask trial pp37-38

Thirty years of nights pp38

Occupational links to suicide pp38-39

Bullying in NHS rife pp39

Reduced working hours limit doctors pp39

Research Plus

Early exit for obese workers pp40

Psychosocial factors and weight pp40

Fat fighters pp40

Integrated RTW programmes pp40

Pedometers pp40

Prognosis screening tool pp41

Psychosocial factors in the development of MSDs pp41

Cataracts from exposure to ionising radiation pp41

Nightshift and breast cancer pp41