OP6 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRUCTURED HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR TRUCKERS (SHIFT) SHORT COURSE WITHIN A MANDATORY HGV DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAMME S. Clemes1, V. Johnson2, M. Sayyah1, J. King1 1Loughborough University, UK 2University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK Background: To target HGV drivers’ health inequalities, we created the ‘Structured Health Intervention For Truckers’ (SHIFT), a health...
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OP5 OCCUPATIONAL RESPIRATORY ALLERGY TO HORSES IN VETERINARY STUDENTS: THE APPLICABILITY OF THE EQUALITY ACT 2010 A.Colby1, K. Eraneva2, G. Martell1, J. Szram3, G. Scadding3, J. Feary4 1University of Cambridge, UK 2Royal Veterinary College, London, UK 3Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK 4Royal Brompton Hospital/National Heart and Lung Institute (Imperial College) London, UK Background: Veterinary students...
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OP4 SUICIDE POSTVENTION IN THE WORKPLACE: DEVELOPING GUIDANCE G. Kinman1, N. Greenberg2 1Birkbeck University of London, UK 2King’s College London, UK Background: ‘Suicide postvention’ refers to the support measures taken after an unexpected death, typically within organisational settings. A colleague’s suicide can profoundly affect the wellbeing and functioning of other staff members, requiring a compassionate,...
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OP3 EVIDENCE FOR WORK: THE GLOBAL NETWORK FOR EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, WORK PARTICIPATION AND WELL-BEING AT WORK D. M. McElvenny1, D. Gagliardi2, C. Tikka3, S. Curti4, S. Mattioli5, R. Sauni6, J. L. Hoving7 1IOM, Edinburgh, UK 2INAIL, Rome, Italy 3University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland 4University of Bologna, Italy 5University of...
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OP2 EXPERIENCES OF WORKING FROM HOME: UMBRELLA REVIEW C. E. Hall1, S. K. Brooks2, F. Mills3, N. Greenberg2, D. Weston4 1King’s College London; UK Health Security Agency, UK 2King’s College London, UK 3UK Health Security Agency; University of Sussex, UK 4UK Health Security Agency, UK Background: The concept of ‘working from home’ is extremely topical...
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OP1 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH – MENTAL HEALTH LINK: A SERVICE EVALUATION OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH REFERRALS TO A SPECIALISED MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS S. Said1, M. Kaser1, A. Colby2 1Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, UK 2Cambridge University Hospitals Occupational Health, UK BACKGROUND: The occupational health (OH) services report a significant increase in mental...
Luci McWhor
Dr Lucinda McWhor MBBS RCGP PgDipDerm AFOM Dr Lucinda McWhor is an occupational health physician and Senior Medical Officer at BHSF Occupational Health. She was a career GP and worked as an executive partner until 2019. During this time as a GP, she developed a special interest in dermatology and worked part-time, as a speciality...
Sam Goodall
Dr Sam Goodall is an ST5 in Occupational Medicine in the North West of England. He works in an NHS occupational health department and is an honorary clinical lecturer in occupational health at the University of Manchester. Alongside teaching on the MSc occupational medicine programme, he works on the Health and Occupation Research (THOR) network,...
Brooke Layard
Dr Brooke Layard is a Consultant Hepatologist in the Belfast Trust. She graduated from Glasgow University in 2010 (MBChB Hons), returning to Northern Ireland for postgraduate training. She completed an Advanced Hepatology and Transplant fellowship in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin before being appointed to her current post in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast in...
Melanie Brewster
Melanie Brewster trained as a Clinical Physiologist through the NHS going on to work as a specialist audiologist for the NCB and War Pension Directorate. She set up her own occupational health firm in 1994 following a request from the British Brick sector developing a bespoke classification system for noise health surveillance whilst launching a...