G523(P) The paediatric return to work programme

Return to Work in COVID-19: Review of Current Guidelines

Background and aims: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mainly a respiratory disease which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Virus. The outbreak first began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and then expanded globally. COVID-19 can result in illness ranging from mild to severe. However, some of the affected individuals might be asymptomatic. Symptoms of the disease may appear in as few as 2 days...

The return to work discussion: a qualitative study of the line manager conversation about return to work and the development of an educational programme.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the conversation between line manager and employee about return to work to inform the development of an online interactive educational programme for line managers to improve the effectiveness of their discussions. DESIGN An inductive qualitative approach, using the principles of action research and motivational interviewing were adopted. The results informed the devel...

Return to work.

Return to Work

nor is it progressive to keep him indefinitely in a sheltered occupation: though both these alternatives are better than no job at all, and may be temporary expedients. This is not simply a matter of the individual's welfare: it is of vital concern to the community too, for the wastage of productivity from neurotic illness due both to absence from work and to inefficiency at work costs the coun...

epigastric and umbilical hernia; work relatedness and return to work.

abdominal wall hernia is common but reliable scientific data about its work relatedness is very limited and inconsistent. in this paper, a less common type of abdominal wall hernia in a 30 year old male worker is presented with recurrence after first surgery when he returned to work. in contrast with almost all kinds of hernia, a lifelong limitation for heavy lifting was recommended. it seems t...