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Developing European Medical Guidance for the Railways - a personal view

Developing European Medical Guidance for the Railways - a personal view. Dr Olivia Carlton ARIOPS Conference 30 th June 2008. Introduction. The set up My story What I learned. The set-up.

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Developing European Medical Guidance for the Railways - a personal view

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  1. Developing European Medical Guidance for the Railways - a personal view Dr Olivia Carlton ARIOPS Conference 30th June 2008

  2. Introduction The set up My story What I learned

  3. The set-up • UIC – international Union of Railways. Promotes international co-operation amongst railways. Based in Paris. 6 Regions worldwide. • UIMC – International Union of Railway Doctors

  4. The set-up contd • CER – Community of European Railways and Infrastructure Companies. Promotes the development of rail. Based in Brussels; lobbies at European level. • CER has a Human Resources group and they have set up a medical group to support them

  5. My story • UIMC meeting in Lucerne October 2006 • Dr Gravert mentioned Safety platform of UIC had developed draft guidance on D+A testing • He asked UIC d+a subgroup to review it • We looked at it. • Prescriptive • Dealt with testing, but not within a framework of a policy

  6. My story contd • We agreed to review it • Decided on a major re-write – done in my personal time • Help from others, especially Howard Watson • Used Network Rail standard (and LU standard) to inform the approach • Recommended a framework to address employee d+a issues as a whole – not just testing

  7. My story contd • Key points presented by me to Dr Gravert • UIC asked Colin Clifton (also from UK) to edit for UIC purposes • This involved Valmai Hughes as well as me • Final draft accepted by UIC as a guidance document • This guidance then commended to CER

  8. What I learned • Need to be there • Need to be willing to do the work • Need to be prepared to talk through with various parties what you are trying to achieve

  9. Why we find it difficult • We are often not there • Culture in UK doesn’t tend to acknowledge importance of OH physicians to HR / Safety leaders • Our national bodies – DfT, RAIB, ORR, RIAC, Network Rail, RSSB and ATOC. • Through RSSB, Dr David Shackleton is sometimes asked to represent UK and ARIOPS and RMAG can contribute

  10. Conclusions • It is possible to be influential • Useful to UK in longer run to have our input • How can we persuade national bodies that our input is important? • And who will pay for it??

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