‘Accidents at work are pretty straightforward to identify, but work related illness needs more work. Such as how to determine, for example, what may be just an illness that someone has which is unrelated to their work, or something that may have a root cause in the workplace.’ Tat’s exactly why we (and I guess many others) use the services of an OH adviser. They have the medical understanding to tease out when an issue is directly work-related and when it is to do with something outside of work over which the employer has no control. I’d be rather nervous if I as a H&S professional was expected to establish what were the medical reasons for a person’s symptoms and whether they related to work.