Inside this issue

OH training – the state of play, Part 1 pp15-18

Part 1: occupational medicine

International OH systems, Part 1 pp19-23

Part 1: occupational health delivery in France

Carbon nanotubes – the new asbestos? pp24-27

Exploring the occupational health and hygiene risks of carbon nanotubes

Dilemma: When the working week is over pp28-29

Should junior doctors be able to work for more than 48 hours a week?

Making Europe Fit for Work pp30-32

Key findings of the Fit for Work Europe report on musculoskeletal disorders and work

GMC guidance on confidentiality pp33-34

A joint statement from the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and the Society of Occupational Medicine

What is consent? pp35-36

Worker autonomy in OH practice

Do OH interventions reduce MSDs? pp40

Returning to work after brain injury pp40

Business case pp40

Massage for back pain pp40

Economic case? pp40

Age and experience predict delayed RTW pp40

Hospital workers’ pregnancy outcomes pp40

Surgical masks and flu pp41

Shouldering the burden pp41

Chronic shoulder pain pp41

Post disc surgery rehab pp41