ARIOPS
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ARIOPS is an organisation comprising occupational health professionals who have an interest in the Railway Industry.
News
Annual General Meeting and Conference 2011
The ARIOPS annual occupational health conference was held on Monday 17th October 2011 at the National Railway Museum, York. The focus this year was on psychological factors on medical fitness. Ill health took a couple of our programmed speakers out of the event, however the day remained an informative and useful conference with speakers from a variety of settings within the railway industry.
Dr Claire Dickinson, OH Programme Manager for the ORR provided an update on the Occupational Health programme 2010-2014. A copy of this can be found here.
Dr David Blore, Clinical Psychotherapist presented on treatment for PTSD in railway staff and the use of EMDR. More information on EMDR and the services he provides can be found at www.davidblore.co.uk
Dr Geoff Helliwell, ARIOPS member provided a case presentation which was discussed by other members
Dr Peter Jarvis, from the Festiniog railway medical services, Wales provided a very lively and interesting presentation on the Festiniog railway and related health and safety issues.
Feedback sheets from the event were extremely positive and the content of the day provided 5 CPD points through the FOM.
Test Your Railway Knowledge
As part of the continuing updating of railway knowledge of railway doctors and nurses the following
questionnaire was distributed at our recent conference at the NRM York.
For those who did the questionnaire we have added suggested answers. For those who did not do it, have a go at it before looking at
the answers!!
Dr Chris Butler and Dr Jim Ford.
22 November 2010. ARIOPS Conference Presentations
A selection of presentations from the 2010 conference is now available on the website.
24 September 2009: Updated Forum User Guide
Forum users can automatically receive email notification of new messages in the members' forum by using the 'Subscribe Forum' link on the 'Discussion' topic page. Alternatively, you can monitor an individual topic by using the 'Subscribe Topic' link on a message thread page. Full details are included in the updated ARIOPS Forum User Guide (see chapter 'Subscribe to a Forum or Thread').
European Commission Directive 2007/59/EC (on the certification of drivers) in Great Britain
The Consultation document, and associated documents on draft Regulations to implement the requirements of the European Commission Directive 2007/59/EC are available for download.
- Impact Assessment of EU Driver Licensing Directive , 25 June 2009.
- Statutory Instruments 2009 No. 0000 The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2009.
- The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2009 Consultation document.
- DIRECTIVE 2007/59/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 October 2007 on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the railway system in the Community.
The Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2009 - Consultation: ARIOPS Response is also available.
Newsletter 3: Summer 2009
Welcome to the third edition of the ARIOPS on-line newsletter