April/May 2015 (vol. 11/6)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Manifest-OH pp3

News

Faculty of OH nursing pp4

Fit for work pp4-5

Revised SEQOHS pp5

Weight loss duty? pp5

Ruth Alston lecture pp6

Mesothelioma compensation boost pp6

Doctors under investigation pp6-7

People skills pp7

Legal News

Vet fined for X-ray ‘selfies’ pp8

Fit and proper persons pp8

NHS trust fined over dermatitis pp8

Features

Meet the practitioner: Dr Abeyna Jones pp9

Occupational Health [at Work] meets Abeyna Jones an occupational medicine registrar at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London.

OH nursing in the UK pp10-13

What does the future hold?

OH legal and practice update pp14-45

Review and preview of OH law, policy and practice

Research Digest

Myth-busting busted pp46

Research Plus

Home versus workplace for musculoskeletal exercises pp47

Recurrent sickness absence due to depression pp47

Menopausal symptoms pp47

Work-related sleep problems pp47

Moderate activity pays dividends pp47-48

Occupational and personal factors associated with doctors’ burnout pp48

HAVS sufferers delay seeking treatment pp48

Motivating exercise for chronic health conditions pp48

MetS not influenced by long working hours pp48

Long hours raise risk of unhealthy level of drinking pp48