October/November 2019 (vol. 16/3)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Health is cheap pp03

News

Let’s get physical pp04-05

Asbestos in schools pp05

Health clearance pp06-07

OH merger pp07

HIV diagnoses down pp07

Stagnation in NHS absence pp08-09

Access to work funding revealed pp08

Appointments pp10

Exposure limits pp10

GMC consent guidance pp10

Good work standard pp10

Flu jabs for social care pp10

Legal News

No sex discrimination on grounds of colour vision pp11-12

HAVS fine for Council pp12

Migraines and disability pp13-15

Doctor’s double-shift dereliction pp15

Curfew for HAVS breach pp15

Features

Parental bereavement pp16-19

Supporting employees through the loss of a child

Managing long-term sickness absence, part 2 pp20-26 CPD

part 2: barriers and facilitators to return to work

Drug and alcohol testing at work pp27-30

Policies, procedures and ethical practice

AI for OH pp31-34

Can artificial intelligence change the way we deliver occupational health?

Expert Witness: Manslaughter at work pp35-36

An update on the common and statute law

Guidance: HAVS update pp37-38

The IIAC position paper and the L140

Research Digest

Sitting time intervention pp39-40

Standing desks pp40

Smoking and absence pp40-41

Health promotion pp41

Flu jab motivation pp41-42

The real cost of bling pp42

Features

Personal Learning Zone in this issue pp43 CPD