Four days after Carol Black's epoch-making, earth-shatteringly important report on the health of the working age it is difficult to tell how profound are the shock waves rocking UK PLC. So I have done an in-depth survey (i.e. I’ve looked around the office). Well, no change here. The chocolates are still piled on top of the filing cabinet. We’re all still slouched in front of our PCs in postures straight out of an ergonomist’s training manual. The national news media had moved on by lunchtime on Monday (the day of the report’s launch).
All it took was the weekly subprime mortgage crisis to kick Carol and her report into touch. That and little Shannon, of course. As editor of Occupational Health my task is to analyse what impact the Black Report (‘What Black report?’, I hear you ask) will have on the obese, hung-over, I’d-rather-have-my-legs-removed-than-walk-up-any-stairs British worker. And of course the occupational health practitioner. Can anyone be bothered with poor Carol’s report? If the JISCMAIL chat forum is anything to go by, probably not. Better stick to cosy old favourite topics like pre-employment screening, eh? (snore). Read the definitive article on this here. Full fat latte anyone? Cinnamon swirl?