Caroline is a consultant medical oncologist at the Northern Ireland Cancer Centre, specialising in the treatment of kidney cancer. She helps deliver the acute oncology service in the Royal Victoria Hospital and is acute oncology lead for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. In this role she focuses on strengthening and further developing acute...
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O7 ESTABLISHING OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH COMPETENCY FOR FIRST CONTACT PHYSIOTHERAPISTS IN THE UK C. Black1, H. Gray2, S. Shanmugam3 1Buckinghamshire NHS Foundation Trust, UK 2Healthcare Improvement Scotland, UK 3Glasgow Caledonian University, UK Background Patients at risk of preventable sickness absence frequently attend at primary care. First contact physiotherapists (FCP) may provide an optimal way of reducing...
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O6 ASSESSING OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR GROWING THE ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL (AHP) WORKFORCE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SPECIALTY IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) V. Parsons1, G. Ntani2, J. O’Neill3, A. Turner4, V. Small4, I. Madan1 1Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 2University of Southampton, UK 3National School of OH, NHS Health Education...
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O5 COHORT STUDY OF UK GLASS-REINFORCED PLASTICS MANUFACTURING WORKERS D. M. McElvenny1, W. Mueller1, L. Darnton2, F. Brooker1, M. W. Christensen3, H. Kolstad3 1IOM, Edinburgh, UK 2HSE, Bootle, UK 3Aarhus University, Denmark Styrene is present in air pollution and tobacco smoke and it a high production volume chemical. Occupational exposures to styrene are highest in...
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O4 COMMUNITY REINFORCEMENT APPROACH AND FAMILY TRAINING (CRAFT) TO IMPROVE HELPSEEKING AND WELLBEING N. Greenberg, King’s College London, UK Background: Close family members can have a key role in encouraging military veterans to seek help for their mental health. Community Reinforcement Approach and Family Training (CRAFT) was developed to equip concerned significant others (CSOs) of...
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O3 MORTALITY STUDY OF FORMER PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALLERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES (MORSE STUDY) D. M. McElvenny1, W. Mueller1, F. S. Carson1, F. Brooker1, I. Basinas2, M. U. van Tongeren2, V. Gallo3 1IOM, Edinburgh, UK 2University of Manchester, UK 3University of Groningen, The Netherlands Evidence is growing that former professional athletes, in particular association footballers, are...
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O2 EXPLORING EXPERIENCES OF WORKPLACE LONELINESS: IDENTIFYING RISK FACTORS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING B. T. Bryan, King’s College London, UK Concern around the health and economic impact of workplace loneliness has grown in recent years, with a recent report from the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities...
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O1 QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF CHRONIC PAIN ON WORK M. J. Stevens1, L. Morton1, R. S. Anderson1, E. Wainwright1, S. Verstappen2, N. Goodson3, N. Fear4, P. McNamee5, K. Walker-Bone6, I. Madan7, R. J. Hollick1, G. J. Macfarlane1 1Versus Arthritis/Medical Research Council Centre for Musculoskeletal Health and Work (University of Aberdeen), UK 2Versus Arthritis/Medical Research Council...
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OP8 A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE RETURN-TO-WORK OUTCOMES AND EXPERIENCES OF EMPLOYEES FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR DRUG OR ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY V. M. Naoui Nottingham University Hospital’s NHS Trust, UK Background There are estimated to be 602,391 people in England dependent on alcohol. Prevalence of high-risk drug use in England between 2016-2017 was estimated to be 313,971...
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OP7 SUPPORTING RETURN TO WORK POST INJURY: ACCEPTABILITY OF A VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION INTERVENTION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC INJURY D. Kendrick1, B. Kellezi2, C. Mann1, S. Timmons1, R. Lindley1, J. Holmes1, S. Fallon1, T. Jones1, I. Andrews1, K. Radford1 1University of Nottingham, UK 2Nottingham Trent University, UK Background: A delayed return-to-work and/or lower productivity is common after...