Good Morning……………

 

And just one more response from a serving soldier who is also a Health and  safety Specialist…………………………..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well that first paragraph could suggest that we are all talking to a man (or woman) in green, but there again maybe not! If who ever you are was serving in the forces (or ex member) then they would realise that today’s Army is a lot more liberal minded and believe me when I say that there are sooo many Human Rights now that even the poor little hard done to soldiers think we have gone overboard.

 

I am currently a serving member of the armed forces and VERY proud to be so; my partner is OH Specialist with more qualifications than you could shake a stick at. I am currently training to join your small yet very professional society as it is what I want for when I leave my current job and I can honestly say that this 'person' does not represent either the British Army or Occupational Health

 

There is no greater sacrifice than to lay down your life for your loved ones and for your country but in order to try and prevent that sacrifice being made, there are times where human rights have to be pushed temporarily to one side.

 

My message to you sir is please do carry on posting on this forum as I am sure that you are well intentioned and sincere in your beliefs but please please please do think of others and think very carefully about what this forum is about.

 

Andi

 

 

Susan Clarke

Managing Director

Ock Health Ltd

 

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Our human rights also give us the right to say that we don't want postings like this on this forum

Aminot Goodenough <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: [log in to unmask] 06/30/2010 09:19 PM Please respond to Occupational Health mailing list <[log in to unmask]>

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Hi

 

If your responsibilities include the health and well being of servicemen and women, then you ought to be aware that you only need to care about these matters part-time.  The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Human Rights Act does not apply to the forces on active service once they are outside military bases and hospitals.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/jun/30/human-rights-act-soldiers-battlefield

 

This means that these men and women who, we are told, are out in Afghanistan and Iraq getting killed to protect our rights to life, freedom from torture, family life and privacy, do not themselves benefit from these rights once they step outside base. If a soldier dies from heat exhaustion, or becomes deaf while firing weapons away from base, or damages his feet from ill-fitting boots worn away from base, or suffers from PTSD as a result of events that occurred outside base, then his employer will not have to be held to account, and we thought that Crown immunity had disappeared two decades ago.

 

To the subscribers who responded to my earlier posting (Miscalculation) with derision, I would like to suggest that one reason why occupational health seems to be rapidly plummeting into terminal decline could be that when it comes to politics, too many of us tend to bury our heads in the sand.  How boring would it be if all we could discuss on this site is how often to give hepatitis B boosters!  Of course this forum IS for political postings, when politics is at odds with what the profession supposedly stands for.  BTW, Your human rights include the right to hit the ‘delete’ button.  

 

Yours ever

Aminot Goodenough

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