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Ethical organisations
High street clothing retailers are regularly "outed" for unethical working practices in their overseas suppliers' factories.
Have you considered the conditions of workers manufacturing the protective equipment and clothing your organisation procures?
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Well notes
Added: 17:33 20.02.2008
Everyone knows that there's a problem with the level of people on incapacity benefit in the UK, and there is good evidence that working is generally beneficial for people's physcial and mental health. But should we really be asking GPs to specify what work people are fit to do in a 'well note'?
If someone has a broken leg, it's easy to say that they shouldn't be involved in manual work, but that a desk job is probably fine. But if they are suffering from stress and high blood pressure and find their job particularly difficult, it's not such a black and white issue. How can a GP take the time in a five minute consultation to specify all the work which a patient can safely undertake. Do GPs know how to carry out a risk assessment? And should we expect doctors to start carrying out site visits now?
Dean Johnson