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Hi What needs to be asked is where in the terms of reference/criteria for a work related disease does it state that RIDDOR is only applicable to physical work related diseases? If it doesn't then there is little argument not to include work related mental health illness. I think the problem would be in defining and being able to prove mental illness was definitely work related, what would be the use of an influx of ill defined reports, how valid would this be? Sara Sara Werry Occupational Health Adviser Occupational Health Service University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ Tel: (01603) 592174 Fax: (01603) 506579 -----Original Message----- From: Aziz, Bashyr [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 01 November 2004 12:07 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Stress & Riddor Hello I just picked this message up at another website. Any comments? *************************** I recently contacted the HSE to query whether stress-related illness or psychiatric injury could be construed as reportable under RIDDOR. I received the following reply: "The following information has been provided by the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences (RIDDOR) Operations Unit, Bootle. Stress is not reportable at all, not even as an over 3 day injury, because it is a mental state." However, I think most stress experts would find this reason untenable, as their is a general consensus that stress, and related psychiatric conditions, are *both* physical and mental. For example, i ) stress is often viewed as a physiological and neurological state, ii) stress has well-documented physical symptoms and effects. The NHS and Royal College of Psychiatrists, e.g., acknowledge that stress has physical as well as physical symptoms. Just curious as to what others make of this. Do you think that stress can be classed as a mental state, as a opposed to a physical one, or do you think doing so is incorrect? *************************** Bashyr Aziz Telephone: 01902 518632 Senior Lecturer School of Health - MH113 University of Wolverhampton Molineux Street Wolverhampton WV1 1SB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives For jobs in Occupational Health, go to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please remove this footer before replying. For list archives and documents, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html for list archives For jobs in Occupational Health, go to http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/OHJobs/