'Motor neurone disease in professional sportspeople: IIAC information note' added under Information notes
'A review of the evidence of women’s health and occupation commissioned by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council' has been added under Commissioned Reviews.
'A review of the evidence for malignant and non-malignant respiratory disease prescriptions commissioned by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC)' has been added under Commissioned Reviews.
Added link to 'Occupational Impact of COVID-19 in the Transport and Education Sectors'.
Added 'Review and update of the prescription for Prescribed Disease D1 (Pneumoconiosis)' to the list of command papers.
Added Command paper 868 'Hand-arm vibration syndrome and assessment of vibration exposure' and Position paper 49 'Limitations of epidemiology when investigating occupations with a potential for significant vibration exposure and PD A11, HAVS'.
Added 'COVID-19 and Occupational Impacts' Command paper (CP 700).
Added 'Firefighters and cancer: IIAC position paper 47' and 'COVID-19 and occupation: IIAC position paper 48'.
Added a link to a Command paper (CP 216) 'Cutaneous malignant melanoma and occupational exposure to (natural) UV radiation in pilots and aircrew'.
Added IIAC position papers 44: Osteoarthritis of the knee in professional football players, 45: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and coke oven workers and 46: Occupational exposure to silica or asbestos and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) - associated vasculitis.
Added 'Dupuytren’s contracture: clarification of intention and amendment of the prescription' to the list of information notes.
Added 'Hand arm vibration syndrome: a review of the assessment and objective testing of the vascular component: IIAC position paper 43'.
Added a link to the IIAC guidance on evaluating evidence on health risks associated with occupational exposures.
Added 1 command paper - 'Diseases with multiple known causes, occupational injuries, and medical assessment (Cm 9632)', 1 information note - 'Entitlement to benefit and medical assessment within the IIDB scheme', and 2 position papers - 'Coal mining, silicosis and lung cancer (position paper 41)' and 'Occupational exposure to crystalline silica and its relation to connective tissue diseases (position paper 42)'.
Added 2 information notes: (1) Non-melanoma skin cancer and occupational exposure to (natural) UV radiation (2) Occupational risks for urolithiasis.
Added 6 reports: (1) Nasal carcinoma and occupational exposure to wood dust, (2) Latex anaphylaxis review, (3) Anxiety and depression in teachers and healthcare workers (position paper 37), (4) Noise, occupational deafness and Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (position paper 38), (5) Renal cancer and occupational exposure to trichloroethylene (position paper 39) and (6) Lymphatic and haematopoietic cancers and work involving exposure to trichloroethylene (position paper 40). Items 5 and 6 were originally published as information notes in May 2017.
Added 2 information notes: (1) Cadmium and rheumatoid arthritis (2) Hand-arm vibration syndrome and risk from motorcycle handlebars.
Added 3 information notes: (1) Lymphatic and haematopoietic cancers and work involving exposure to trichloroethylene (2) Trichloroethylene and cervical cancer (3) Renal cancer and occupational exposure to trichloroethylene.
Added 'Noise induced hearing loss and work with nailing and stapling guns: IIAC information note'.
Added 3 information notes – Carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist/forearm rotation – Neurodegenerative diseases in professional sportspersons – Osteoarthritis of the knee and work in the construction industry.
Added command paper – Cancers due to ionising radiation: IIAC report
Added – Lung cancer and diesel exhaust emissions in miners: IIAC information note
Added – Lung and bladder cancer and diesel exhaust emissions: IIAC information note
Added – Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in woodworkers: IIAC information note
Published Epicondylitis and occupational activity: IIAC position paper 35.
Added 'Assessing disablement under the IIDB scheme: a critical review and international comparison' to commissioned reviews.
Added position paper 33: Ocular melanoma and occupation
Published report about the effects of treatment and the medical assessment of chronic bronchitis and emphysema (PD D12, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).
First published.
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) monitors the changing scientific evidence related to the Industrial Injuries Scheme and publishes reports of its reviews.
Position papers don’t make recommendations for a legislative change but report the council’s considered view at a particular time, taking into account the evidence available.