December/January 2014/2015 (vol. 11/4)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Dem-OH-graphics? pp3

News

Better evidence on workplace health pp4-5

Absence is down, says CIPD pp5

Tax relief consultation pp6

Fit for GPs? pp6-7

OH nurse revalidation pp7

Stressed out nation pp7

Injury and illness statistics pp7

Barriers to workplace interventions pp8-9

EMF from welding pp9

FOM chief exec pp10

Bereavement at work pp10

Legal News

Judge failed to specify nature of disability pp11-12

Letter

Letter: A united voice for OH nurses pp12

Legal News

HAVS fine for aerospace firm pp12-13

Letter

Letter: A third way for occupational health pp13

Features

Meet the Practitioner: Mike Quick pp14

Musculoskeletal physiotherapist with mental health portfolio at Broadmoor Hospital

We can work it out pp15-17

The impact relationships at work can have on our health and wellbeing

Workplace Health 2014 pp18-25

Highlights from the annual seminar for the occupational health community

Continuing professional development pp26-28

The why and the how

Baby boomers at work pp29-33

Occupational health and safety issues on the employment of post-65 workers

Expert Witness: The ageing workforce pp34-35

A legal update on age discrimination and fitness to work

Research Digest

Doctors’ notes pp36

One small sleep for man pp36

Walking to better health pp37

Precarious employment pp37-38

Research Plus

Recovery expectations: systematic review pp39

Recovery expectations: cohort study pp39

Whole-body vibration pp39

Ageing workers pp39

Psychological work factors increase MSD risk pp39

Lifestyle counselling for overweight workers pp39-40

Workplace adjustments pp40

Psychotherapy for PTSD pp40

Internet-based CBT reduces absence rates pp40

Physical activity reduces depression risk in adults pp40