How can we capture all incidents of poor health and wellbeing? What factors affect our confidence in the data? How can we use the data to inform health interventions? If you’re involved in measuring health and wellbeing performance, this session answers questions you may have.
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Solving the industry occupational health capability gap together
Hear from rail operators and experts about challenges around occupational health, followed by a lively discussion on what needs to change to unlock occupational health capability and what part you could play in making it happen.
BACK-on-LINE (TM): Digital technology to help rail workers better manage their back pain in work
Back pain is a common issue among rail workers, with as much as 69% experiencing it every month. Currently, access to effective help is limited to hospitals with long waiting lists and requires therapist involvement. Dr Sheeran has developed a new work-based intervention called BACK-on-LINE (TM).
How to deal with work-related violence
Everyone should be able to do their job without someone threatening, assaulting or harming them. But on the railway’s front line, sadly, that isn’t always the case. In fact, RSSB statistics show that a staggering 94.1% of frontline staff have experienced workplace abuse. In this session, British Transport Police’s Inspector Keith Barnes describes how incidents of violence against railway staff can occur and how to de-escalate them. He also talks about how body-worn cameras can be both a deterrent and an aid to evidence-gathering once an assault has occurred.