April/May 2017 (vol. 13/6)

Contents Features News Legal News Research Digest Research Plus CPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Explicit Consent pp03

News

Confidentiality guide pp04-05

FOM ethics guidance pp05

A protected title? pp05

Tea-breaker: the fit note pp06

Extending fit note certification pp06-07

NHS absence pp07

Statutory ‘fit pay’ pp08

Fit for work pp08-09

Evaluating oh nurse training pp09

Executive pay pp10

Back pain guide pp10-11

Mind your head pp10

NICE but not effective pp10

Insomnia pp11

Fitness to drive pp11

ICD-11 pp11

Mobile stress pp11

Work after cancer pp11

Legal News

HSE cost recovery pp12

Progressive illnesses pp12-14

Performance and disability pp14-16

Hard lessons pp16

Age discrimination pp16

Fabrication pp16

Features

Meet the practitioner: Mark Armour pp17

OH physiotherapist and honorary chair of ACPOHE

Expert Witness: OH confidential pp18-20 CPD

Implications of the revised GMC guidance

New GMC guidance pp21-24

Implications for occupational disease reporting

Releasing hidden talent pp25-28 CPD

Self-advocacy in the workplace: the development of an employment support plan for adults with autism

The Health Work Toolbox pp29-31

A one-stop resource for tackling avoidable sickness absence

Is PPE working for women? pp32-35

The problem of ill-fitting personal protective equipment for women in industry

Research Digest

Stand and deliver? pp36-37

Legal highs pp37-38

Young workers pp38

Fertility and shiftwork pp38

Research Plus

Neck pain risk factors pp39

Work factors associated with poor mental health pp39

More alcohol, more absence pp39

Sleep apnoea pp39-40

Workplace health and wellbeing pp40

Organisational change pp40

Work-related risk factors for pregnancy outcomes pp40

Promoting return to work pp40-41

Workplace bullying pp41