October/November 2013 (vol. 10/3)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Caught in flux pp3

News

FOM president pp4-5

Healthcare workers with HIV pp4

3 in 10 receive no OH support pp5

Don’t call us… pp5

Absence low down pp6-7

Action on absence pp7

Electromagnetic fields pp8-9

Access to work pp9

Industrial diseases pp9

Nurse revalidation pp9

First aid training pp10

Blacklisted for safety concerns pp10-11

Best fit note pp12

Case by case pp12

Nice weight pp12

HSE guidance pp12

Equality duty pp12

Legal News

No vicarious liability for murder pp13

Paid holiday for long-term absence pp13

Third party harassment pp13

No-rest driver jailed pp14

Class action pp14

Features

Working sick pp15-18

Presenteeism - is it always a bad thing?

Absence in the NHS pp19-23

Why the health service is finding it hard to reduce sickness absence

International OH systems, Part 6 pp24-28

Part 6: Italy

Going paperless pp29-31

Journey to a better way of working

Rehabilitation in complex cases pp32-33

Returning to work after carbon monoxide poisoning

Funding OH research pp34-36

Dedicated OH research grants from the Colt Foundation

Research Digest

Stress indicator tool pp37-38

Pain symptoms overdue pp37

Paediatric professionals pp38

Asbestos burden pp38

Hygiene matters pp39

Better in class pp39

Research Plus

Unemployment predicts future absence pp40

Organisational justice improves attendance pp40

Job insecurity pp40

Chronic fatigue recovery pp40

Trichloroethylene link to NHL pp40

Latex allergy solutions pp41

Work hardening pp41

Smoking cessation pp41

No traction for low back pain cure pp41

Nursing tasks cause low-back pain pp41