Safety & Health at Work Congress 2004 - 11th-13th May 2004 - Salamander Suite, NEC, Birmingham - Speaker Profiles
Programme : Day Three - Thursday 13th May
Chair: Lawrence Waterman, Chairman, Sypol International
10.00 Registration & Coffee
10.30 Introduction from the Chair
Lawrence Waterman, Chairman, Sypol International
10.40 Stress and the new management standards
Bill Callaghan, Chair, Health and Safety Commission
- Is there a stress epidemic?
- Stress as an organisational condition
- The response of HSC/E so far
- Can the tide be turned?
- What additional resources do organisations need?
- How can we sell the case for action?
11.00 Pressure and stress – identifying what is holding employees back
Dr John McCaul, Chief Medical Officer, RWE Innogy
- Stress, health and business performance
- How we developed our stress risk assessment tool
- Providing support for managers and staff
- Prioritising interventions
- Evaluating effectiveness of the tool
11.20 Tackling drink and drugs together
Ava Fine, Consultant, A2 Consulting
- Establishing the need for action
- Alcohol, drugs and the effect on performance at work
- Key ingredients for a successful policy
- Getting workforce and line manager buy-in
- Keeping everyone on-board
- Monitoring and review
11.40 Drug education, screening and rehabilitation - CASE STUDY
Dr Michael Mortimer, Head of Health & Safety, Atomic Weapons Establishment
- Drugs and impairment; safety and security
- Assessing the problem
- Getting drugs out in the open
- Securing management and workforce buy-in
- Screening; progress so far
- Providing help
12.00 Open forum
12.30 Lunch & Networking
13.30 Asbestos, the duty to manage
Nigel Brace, Consultant, QSM Ltd
- It's the dust you can't see that kills
- Your duty to manage
- Identifying locations, assessing condition
- Distinguishing between hazard and risk
- Leave it alone!
- Getting the right professional help
13.50 How we optimised our asbestos management strategy - CASE STUDY
Susan Hardy, Occupational Health & Safety Manager, East Cheshire NHS Trust
- An overview of our asbestos inventory
- Getting a team approach
- Tackling irrational fears
- Prioritising asbestos removal and repair
- What has it really cost us?
- What we have learned from others
14.10 Rehabilitation: Latest development
Dr Jane Wilford MRCGP, MFOM Consultant, Occupational Physician for Salus, the NHS Occupational Health and Safety Services in Lanarkshire and Medical Director, Healthy Return Project
- Pilot project in Glasgow
- The importance of vocational rehabilitation
- Conceptualising the role of vocational rehabilitation
- Key elements in effective workplace rehabilitation
- Internal and external influences on workplace rehabilitation
- Case histories
14.30 Sickness Absence: A New Model - CASE STUDY
Dr Su Wang, Head of Health, Royal Mail Group, MFOM Specialist Occupational Physician
- The problem
- Common pitfalls and solutions
- Case management
- Training
- Who can help me?
- A new model
15.00 Open forum
15.30 Close
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