BOHRF will cease to be a grant-awarding charity shortly and the Board of Trustees considered how best to allocate the residual funds available. After careful consideration, it was agreed that the final grant should be awarded to The At Work Partnership.
The grant has been made to support the Research Plus pages of the Occupational Health [at work] Journal. The funding will enable the Research Plus pages to be made available free of charge for a period of four years to a wide audience with an interest in occupational health, and carry a link to the BOHRF website where our successfully completed research will continue to be listed.
The Board of Trustees felt this was the best way of ensuring the BOHRF name and legacy remained in the public domain for as long as possible. We are delighted that Dr John Ballard and his team will be carrying on this work.
Workplace Health 2013
2-day Seminar from the At Work Partnership
Tuesday 8 & Wednesday 9 October 2013
at Chesford Grange Hotel, Warwickshire
• Full details and booking
Recently completed projects
BOHRF is pleased to confirm that these research projects have now been completed:
- Evaluation of a pilot fit for work service
Dr Julia Smedley
Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton
– more information - Computerised CBT for common mental health disorders: RCT of a workplace intervention
Professor Justine Schneider, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
– more information - Smoking cessation in the workplace: an evidence based review
Professor David Fishwick, Health and Safety Laboratory, Buxton
– more information - Review of health risks for workers in the waste and recycling industry:
Commissioned by the Environmental Services Association Education Trust Limited (ESAET) – more information - Systematic review of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of Employee Assistance Programmes
The BOHRF review – more information – will be cited in an editorial on better care for depression in the workplace that is to appear in the June 2012 edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry
Projects-in-progress
- Appraisal of the health of new entrants into the workplace the apprentice study
Professor Jon Ayres
University of Birmingham - The development of an e-learning programme to support retention and return to work for individuals with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
Dr Debbie Cohen
Cardiff University
Letter from the Trustees to BOHRF supporters
In a letter dated 20 January 2012 to all BOHRF supporters, Chair of BOHRF Trustees, Sir Bill Callaghan, announced:
"It will come as no surprise that in the current economic climate the trustees have concluded that we do not have the level of financial sponsorship to take on any new research projects. This means that in 2012 BOHRF will start to wind down its activities … All the existing commitments to fund these projects will be honoured and Anna McNeil will be the point of contact with researchers."
Full text of the letter hereLast Update: 10-Jun-2013