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I recently attended a Coroners Inquest, I had been on a Working party in the late 80's and the deceased was the chairman. The Coroner found on the balance of probability that the pesticides he had worked with when younger had contributed to his ill health (he was mid eighties when he died). This issue of work related ill health will always be with us. Regards Lynda From: Lee Nicola <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Occupational Health mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2012 11:01 To: Occupational Health mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [OCC-HEALTH] Occupational ill health - late onset Dear All The RCN, with other NHS trade unions is currently in discussion with NHS Employers and the Health Departments for England, Wales and Scotland on reform of the NHS Injury Benefit scheme. It is likely that new arrangements will come into force at the end of March 2013. Transitional arrangements that allow staff to claim under the ³old² arrangements for a specified period of time a ³sunset clause² are currently being negotiated and the NHS staff side are trying to find information on occupational injuries and diseases that typically have a late onset of symptoms to help guide our discussions. We have anecdotal evidence about cases of Hep C, asbestosis etcŠ but it would be useful to have more robust figures on timescales. If anyone can point me in the right direction of some fairly straightforward information (i.e. not too clinical!) I would be enormously grateful. Many thanks and kind regards Nicola Lee Employment Relations Adviser Royal College of Nursing 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN www.rcn.org.uk The RCN represents nurses and nursing, promotes excellence in practice and shapes health policies. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ http://www.rcn.org.uk <http://www.rcn.org.uk/> This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Royal College of Nursing or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please return it to the sender immediately. The contents of this message may be legally privileged. Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom 20 Cavendish Square London W1G ORN Tel: +44 (0) 345 456 3996 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7647 3436 ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH