June/July 2010 (vol. 07/1)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Safe in their hands? pp3

News

Views sought on WTD pp4

Shorter working week for doctors leads to higher absence pp4-5

IOSH condemns health and safety report pp5

FOM employer’s guide pp6

New rules on sick leave deters recruitment pp6

Online learning for hygienists pp6-7

Doing your bit pp7

Code for rehab services pp7

HSE unveils MSDs tool pp7

BOHS annual conference pp8-9

Fit notes put onus on employers, says BMA pp10

Plans to slash NHS absence pp10

Legal News

Age limit is lawful pp11

Features

Leading-edge technology pp12-16

Part 1: the rise of OH information systems

Allergies at work pp17-21

Evidence-based guidelines on occupational asthma and dermatitis

Features

Supporting doctors pp22-25

When providing healthcare, should doctors be treated differently from other employees?

International OH systems, Part 3 pp26-29

Part 3: The rise and fall of Danish OH services

Caring occupational health – does it exist? pp30-32

Care and compassion in OH delivery

Expert witness: Working time and the law at work pp33-34

The Working Time Regulations 1998

News

Obituary: Dr Denis D’Auria pp35

Research Digest

Why women take more sick leave pp36

Perceived functioning pp36-37

Survival of the fittest? pp37

Research Plus

Retirement options pp38

Healthy lifestyles reduce mortality pp38-39

Ergonomic interventions pp38

Shouldering the burden pp38

Mental-health absence pp38

Double gloving reduces needlestick risks pp38

Overtime raises CHD risk pp38

IHD risk due to work pressure pp39

Depression and work disability pp39

Anxiety RCT pp39