December/January 2012/2013 (vol. 09/4)

ContentsFeaturesNewsLegal NewsResearch DigestResearch PlusCPD

Inside this issue

Leader Article

Intrinsic Functions pp3

News

Absence survey shows mixed results pp4-5

Ill health, injury and death stats pp4

Finding flexibility pp5

Stressed out pp5

Common health interventions pp6-7

Electromagnetic fields pp7

H&S toolbox pp7

First aid consultation pp7

BOHS awarded royal charter pp7

Revalidation underway pp7-8

OSH leadership pp8

Depression studies pp9-10

Fee for intervention pp9

Nanomaterials review pp9

Online risk tool pp10

Austerity hits health, says TUC pp10

Legal News

Tribunal adjournments on medical grounds pp11-12

Drop in tribunal claims pp12

Adverse effect of secondary infections pp12-14

Features

Ethics guidance pp15-17

The Faculty of Occupational Medicine’s latest ethics guidance for occupational health practice

Dilemma: Consent and the OH physician pp18-19

Is occupational medicine a special case?

Fit for work, fit for purpose? pp20-26

The Kensington and Chelsea Fit for Work Service

Coordinators fall short on health and work pp27-29

Mixed messages from health, work and wellbeing initiatives

Alcohol on the brain, Part 2 pp30-33

Part 2: alcohol and work

Expert Witness: Obtaining medical evidence pp34-36

Legal and ethical compliance

Research Digest

Colt research pp38

Colour vision pp38-39

Sleep problems increase absence pp39

Vibrating mouse can get cold shoulder pp39

Research Plus

H1NI vaccine 90% effective in hospital staff pp40

Back pain recovery – weak link to workplace support pp40

Job strain and heart disease pp40

Work–family conflict in healthcare workers pp40

Promoting healthy eating at work pp40-41

Healthcare workers’ hand eczema pp41

Working with cancer pp41

Electronic aids to smoking cessation pp41

Nightwork cancer risk in male workers pp41

Sub-chronic back pain – a precursor for work-related chronic pain pp41