P17 ‘WOULD YOU LIKE WATER WITH THAT?’ SYMPTOMS AFTER EXPOSURE TO A SODIUM TROCLOSENE BASED DISINFECTANT N. M. Kelly, A. S. Varghese, D. N. Natin Mater Misercordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Background: Good practice dictates that a chemical should be eliminated or substituted for a less hazardous product and that exposures should be reduced to...
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P16 SEEING THINGS IN THE FLESH AGAIN – THE CASE OF THE CARPENTER’S THUMB N. Kelly1, D. P. Natin1, S. Potter2 1Department of Occupational Medicine, Mater Misercordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland 2Department of Plastic Surgery, Mater Misercordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Case Presentation: A 66 year old carpenter presented with a lump at the base...
Michael Kinney
Dr Michael Kinney trained in Neurology in Northern Ireland, undertook a 6 month sabbatical at the Langone Medical Centre, Comprehensive Epilepsy Centre in New York City, and completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology (with a focus on EEG and complex epilepsy) at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. He is a consultant neurologist and...
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P15 MAINTAINING A RESILIENT WORKFORCE: ESTABLISHING BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO WORKING FROM HOME DURING COVID-19 FOR UK GOVERNMENT STAFF C. E. Hall1, N. Greenberg2, S. K. Brooks2, D. Weston3 1King’s College London; UK Health Security Agency, London, UK 2King’s College London, UK 3UK Health Security Agency, Salisbury, UK Background: This project is concerned with frontline...
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P14 THE CO-MANAGE PROJECT: SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH LONG-TERM CONDITIONS AND DISABILITIES TO SELF-MANAGE THEIR HEALTH AT WORK D. W. Maidment1, J. Ballard2, H. Barrow3, S. Bartys4, K. Burton4, C. Edwardson5, S. Hemming6, S. Marwaha7, F. Munir1, K. Nielsen8, L. Shemtob9, J. Yarker10 1Loughborough University, UK 2At Work Partnership, London, UK 3Lipreading.me.uk, Nottingham, UK 4University of...
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P12 OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS RESEARCH GAPS IN WORK AND HEALTH THROUGH DATA LINKAGE A.McKenzie1, S. Ayinde2, R. Hollick3, G. J. McFarlane3, I. Madan1, V. Parsons4, G. Wynne-Jones2, S. A. M. Stevelink1 1King’s College London, UK 2Keele University, UK 3University of Aberdeen, UK 4London Centre for Work and Health, London, UK Background: There is an increase...
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P11 International Classification of Functioning (ICF) in VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (VR): AN INSTRUMENT FOR ASSESSING INDIVIDUALS´ FUNCTION AND INTERVENTION NEEDS AS WELL AS A MEASUREMENT TOOL AND ITS ABILITY TO PREDICT RETURN TO WORK (RTW) J. Waagfjord, VIRK Vocational Rehabilitation Fund, Reykjavik, Iceland Background The VIRK VR Fund finances all VR in Iceland. VIRK uses the...
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P10 SHIFTING FROM CONCEPT TO PRACTICE: CO-CREATING A HEALTH CERTIFICATE OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE (CPC) MODULE FOR HEAVY GOODS VEHICLE (HGV) DRIVERS M. S. Sayyay1, J. A. King1, V. J. Johnson2, S. A. Clemes1 1School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, UK 2Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester General Hospital,...
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P9 WHY UK EMPLOYERS DON’T HIRE MORE AUTISTIC PEOPLE M. Freeth, M. Day, C. Wood, E. Corker, N. Pearson University of Sheffield, UK Background: Autistic adults have significantly lower employment rates compared to non-autistic adults in the UK (ONS, 2021). Supporting more autistic people into employment is a major priority of the National Autism Strategy...
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P8 THE IMPACT OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS ON LONG-TERM WORK ABILITY AND ITS PREDICTORS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW S. Goodall, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK Background Occupational health physicians assess the potential of an individual’s long-term work disability in the context of an ill-health retirement application. Psoriatic arthritis is a common and debilitating condition; but recent...