Category: Oral Presentations

V. Parsons1, S. Pattani2, A. Gilbey3, I. Madan1, C. Harling4, R. Muiry1, A. De Bono5 1Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, UK 2London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, UK 3NHS Health at Work Network, UK 4University of Southampton, UK 5University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, UK   A commissioned project to define the...

R. J. L. Heron, IOMSC, UK The International Occupational Medicine Society Collaborative (IOMSC) was established in 2013 as an assembly for representatives of occupational medicine societies to promote greater awareness of issues and best practices for better worker health worldwide. It has grown to 48 societies in 43 countries, representing more than 30,000 occupational medicine...

F. M. Ryan1, D. Border2, M. Bhattacharyya3 1Department of Health and Social Care 2UK Health Security Agency; Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust 3UK Health Security Agency; BHSF Ltd, London, UK   Background: The COVID-19 pandemic raised the profile and secured the relationship between occupational medicine (OM) and public health (PH)[1]. Throughout, testing for COVID-19 was...

R. Dobson, R. O. O'Donnell, D. Eadie, S. Semple University of Stirling, UK   Background Second-hand smoke (SHS) is harmful to health. Since 2006/7 the UK has reduced the number of workers exposed to SHS significantly. Data from Scotland indicates the proportion of non-smoking adults exposed to SHS has fallen from 83% to 19%, with...

I.R. Stilz1, M. Freire de Carvalho2, S. Toner3, H. Berg4 1Shell Occupational Health Services, London, UK 2Shell International, Houston USA 3Johnson and Johnson, The Netherlands 4Shell International, The Hague, The Netherlands   Background Telemedicine is increasingly used to enhance medical care provision in a range of health care settings, including populations in rural or remote...

B. P. Bergman, D. F. Mackay, J. P. Pell, University of Glasgow, UK   BACKGROUND There is no consensus as to whether military service increases the risk of suicide, although most studies have found no clear evidence of increased risk.  Data from the Trends in Scottish Veterans Health cohort were examined to investigate suicides in...

E. Wainwright1, A. Jordan2, E. Fisher2, C. Wilson3, D. Mullen3, H. Madhavakkannan2 1University of Aberdeen, UK 2University of Bath, UK 3Trinity College Dublin, Ireland   Background: Approximately 25% of young people live with chronic pain [1] often with co-morbid worry [2]. Beliefs about worry and pain are important in understanding maintenance of these phenomena and...

V. Williamson, King’s College London, UK Objective: Veterinary professionals (VPs) are often exposed to distressing and ethically challenging events in their line of work, yet little is known about whether they may experience moral injury and the impact potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) may have on their wellbeing. This study aimed to examine the association...

D. Lalloo, J. Lewsey, S. V. Katikireddi, E. B. Macdonald, D. Campbell, E. Demou University of Glasgow, UK   Background While psychological hazards of IT work and work-related stress have been widely reported, there is a paucity of formal research on common mental health conditions in IT workers. Aim We investigated self-reported mental health outcomes...

N. Greenberg, King's College London, UK Background Most workers are vulnerable to developing mental ill-health. Prior research has shown those in managerial or supervisory positions have pivotal roles in creating a healthy work environment. However, little is known about how best to empower supervisors to improve staff mental health, occupational outcomes and reduce sickness absence....