Keeping People at Work ALAMA Conference 19-21 November 2014 www.emmm.co.uk/alamaglasgow or www.alama.org.uk

A High Quality Programme and 17.5 CPD Points for Occupational Health Physicians in the Emergency Services, Local Authorities, Further and Higher Education, Civil Service and the NHS **************** Keeping People at Work is set to build on the ALAMA’s well-deserved reputation for delivering highly relevant, exceptional quality and excellent value for money conferences over the last few years with a programme presented by leading national specialists and featuring:

• Arrhythmia – Modern management options • Local Authority Special Interest • Asthma – New treatments, anti TNF drugs and thermotherapy • Microdiscectomy and Spinal Fusion Surgery • Cardiovascular Screening • NAT (National AIDS Trust) • Disability Discrimination Law Update • Obesity: How to measure it and does it matter? • Drug and Alcohol Testing: New BMA guidance • Report Writing – OHP, HR and Lawyer debate how to produce the best • Fire & Rescue Special Interest • Technologies to help keep people at work • Fitness Testing: Why do police probationers fail? • The Impact of Asthma on Sickness Absence • Hips – Resurface or Replace? • The Smoking Ban – It’s impact and what next? • Legal Update and Q/A • TOPAZ Therapy • Living Life to the Full – Online life skills training • Weight loss surgery and return to work – research findings

Full programme and online booking www.emmm.co.uk/alamaglasgow or email [email protected] or call Eleanor on 01925 264663 The conference will be held in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city and host of the 2014 Commonwealth Games; vibrant, renowned for its warmth of welcome, world class museums, music, art galleries, sport and shopping and just four and a half hours from London by train The venue is the Grand Central Hotel, an iconic Grade A listed building, re-opened in September 2010 after a £20-million refurbishment and located at Glasgow’s main rail station. If built today it would take up only one third of the space it fills – so expect high ceilings and grand ballrooms. The conference reception and dinner will be held in the magnificent Glasgow City Chambers, symbol of the city’s political strength and historic wealth and even more impressive inside.

Programme Wednesday 19th November

11.30-12.30 LUNCH 12.30-12.40 WELCOME DCC Neil Richardson, Chair Police Scotland H&S Committee, Police Scotland 12.40-13.00 EXHIBITOR PROFILES 13.00-13.45 ARRHYTHMIA Modern management options and the occupational impact of implanted defibrillators. Derek Connolly, Consultant Cardiologist 13.50-14.25 CARDIAC SCREENING What occupational health lessons can be learnt from the cardiac screening of athletes? Prof. OBE, Prof of Cardiovascular and Exercise Medicine, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, 14.30-14.50 COFFEE 14.55-15.40 TO LIVING LIFE TO THE FULL - ONLINE LIFESKILLS TRAINING CBT, in its role in maintaining work ability, can help people get back to work. By tackling low or anxious mood www.llttf.com provides free, rapid access to a popular CBT lifeskills course. Prof Chris Williams, Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry, University of Glasgow 15.45-16.30 THE SMOKING BAN – ITS IMPACT AND WHAT NEXT? A summary of the evidence to date of the impact of smoke free legislation on levels of exposure to second-hand smoke and health Prof. Jill Pell, Professor of Public Health, University of Glasgow 16.35-18.00 SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS: POLICE

16.35-17.15 POLICE: FITNESS TESTING Why do probationers fail? The results of a study to identify the medical factors contribute to police constables failing to meet the requirements of the fitness test. Dian Wells-Jansz, Occupational Health Advisor, Police Scotland; Mary Blatchford, Deputy Medical Director, Working on Wellbeing Ltd 17.15-17.35 POLICE: NAT (NATIONAL AIDS TRUST) An update on the role and workings of the National Aids Trust. Sally Thomas, Policy and Campaigns Officer, NAT (National AIDS Trust) 17.35-18.00 POLICE: UPDATE David Bulpitt, ALAMA 16.35-18.00 SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS: FIRE & RESCUE Zahid Iqbal, ALAMA 20.00-23.00 NETWORKING DINNER

Thursday 20th November

08.00-08.55 SPECIAL INTEREST SESSIONS: LOCAL AUTHORITY Tony Williams, ALAMA 09.00-09.45 ASTHMA – NEW TREATMENTS, BIOLOGICS AND THERMOPLASTY New therapies including inhaled ultra-long-acting bronchodilators, biological agents targeting pro inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-5 and interleukin-13, and bronchial thermoplasty, which involves the delivery of radio frequency energy to the airways to reduce airway smooth muscle mass. Prof. Neil Thomson, Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Infection Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow 09.50-10.35 THE IMPACT OF ASTHMA ON SICKNESS ABSENCE Is asthma a risk factor for sickness absence? The results of a study undertaken amongst local authority workers in the West of Scotland. Fraser Watt, Occupational Health Physician, Working on Wellbeing Ltd; Steven Fanning, Senior Health & Safety Officer, Renfrewshire Council 10.40-11.00 COFFEE 11.05-11.50 TOPAZ THERAPY How effective is this treatment for foot injuries such as Achilles and patellar tendon injuries and what are the likely occupational outcomes? Billy Leach, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Western Infirmary 11.55-12.40 HIPS – RESURFACE OR REPLACE? Hip Resurfacing arthroplasty – who is it best suited for, why, when and what are the likely occupational outcomes? Dominic Meek, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Southern General Hospital 12.45-13.40 LUNCH 13.45-14.30 MICRODISCECTOMY AND SPINAL FUSION SURGERY What are the occupational outcomes of microdiscectomy, spinal fusion and other spinal surgery? Bill Taylor, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Southern General Hospital 14.35-15.20 DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING The new BMA guidance and its relevance to police, fire and local authority sectors. Helen Vangikar, Toxicology Consultant 15.25-15.45 COFFEE

15.50-17.50 TECHNOLOGY TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE AT WORK Presentation and workshop technology and gadgets to help disabled workers. Douglas Ross, Momentum 19.15 RECEPTION AND DINNER Glasgow City Chambers, George Square Friday 21st November

08.00-09.00 BREAKFAST SESSION OPTION

09.00-09.45 WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY AND RETURN TO WORK What are the occupational outcomes of bariatric surgery? – Recent research findings. Kerry Livingstone, Consultant Occupational Physician, Health Management Ltd. 09.50-10.35 OBESITY: HOW TO MEASURE IT AND DOES IT MATTER? Obesity, now an epidemic affecting 40% of the UK population, is generating colossal extra NHS and social care costs. BMI, the usual indicator, underestimates the burden of ill- health from body-fat accumulation. Mike Lean, Chair of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow 10.40-10.55 COFFEE 11.00-13.00 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH: THE LEGAL INTERFACE 11.00-11.30 LEGAL UPDATE Update Prof Diana Kloss 11.35-12.20 OH REPORT WRITING Karen Jackson, Director, Didlaw Ltd Solicitors; Mark Hargreaves, Specialist Operations, Police Scotland; David Fox, Consultant Occupational Physician, Health Management Ltd 12.25-13.00 Q/A PANEL Prof Diana Kloss; Karen Jackson; David Fox 13.00 CONFERENCE CLOSE

ALAMA is the Association of Local Authority Medical Advisors, which exists to improve the communication, education, consistency and quality of clinical practice of Occupational Health physicians providing services to Local Authorities, including Police and Fire & Rescue Services as well as the Civil Service, Central Government and further education establishments.

Full programme and online booking www.emmm.co.uk/alamaglasgow or email [email protected] or call Eleanor on 01925 264663