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Traffic Operation and Management
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Traffic Operation and Management
Changes to Medical Standards
for Safety Critical Staff
Dr David Shackleton
RSSB Medical Standards Adviser
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Introduction
• Origin of medical fitness standards
• How mfs have evolved
• Current influences
– DDA, SfSM, EU
• Issues
• Questions
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History
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BR
Group Standards
Railtrack
RSSB
Individual Duty Holder
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Ideal MFS
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Job or task specific
Justified by the H+S requirements
Enable compliance and interoperability
Apply simply, consistently, economically
Balance prescriptive vs non-prescriptive
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MFS format
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Competency of medical assessor
Frequency / age
Vision / colour vision
Hearing
General health
Discretion clause / safe system of work
Assessment after illness/injury/event
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Strategy for Standards Management
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Approved October 2005
Convergence with EU standards
Mandatory = control of interface risks
No change in overall safety
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Strategy for Standards Management
Effect on MFS
• Complete withdrawal
• Partial withdrawal
• No more “whole of job” MFS from RSSB
• A few “partial” MFS to remain
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Disability - DDA 1995
• Cannot treat DP less favourably unless
justified
• “Direct” or “indirect” discrimination
• Need for individual assessment
• Lawful if complying with statutory
requirement
• Prescriptive MFS still possible?
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Europe
• TSI’s
• Driver licensing
• Common format MFS
• Cross border / interoperability
• Universal in the long term
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Safety Critical Workers
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Drivers
Conductors
Shunters
Signallers +CK
OTM Drivers
Track Workers (PTS)
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Changes to UK rail medical fitness standards 1993 – July 2008
GO/OTC102(1)
Oct92
Medical
Fitness Drivers
GO/OTC302(1)
Jan 93
Medical
Fitness
Conductors
GO/RT3251(1)
Sep 94
Train Driving
GO/RT3251(2)
Oct 98
Train Driving
GO/RT3255(1)
Nov 95
Train Working
GO/OTC202(1)
Jan 94
Medical
Fitness OTM
Drivers
GO/RT3251(3)
Dec 99
Train Driving
GO/RT3251(4)
Oct 02
Train Driving
GO/RT3255(2)
Oct 00
Train Working
GM/RT1403(1)
Aug 98
Use of Plant
and Work
Equip
GO/RT3259(1)
Feb 96
Signallers and
Crossing
Keepers
GH/TZ0005(1)
Mar 93
Medical
Fitness PTS
GO/RT3353(1)
Apr 95
PTS
GH/ZT0004(1)
Jan 93
Drugs and
Alcohol
GH/RT4000(1)
Aug 96
Drugs and
Alcohol
GO/RT3251(5)
~Jun08
Train Driving
GO/RT3353(2)
Feb 98
PTS
GO/RT3451(1)
~Jun08
Train
Movement..
GO/RT3451(1)
~Jun08
Train
Movement..
Withdrawn Jul
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Briefing note
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RIS-1700PLT(1)
Apr 07
Safe Use of
Plant
GO/RT3259(2)
Jun 01
Signallers and
Crossing
Keepers
Withdrawn Feb
06
(possible future
NR document)
GE/RT8067(1)
Oct 02
PTS
Withdrawn Feb
07
Briefing note
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GE/GN8511(1)
Oct 07
Guidance ….
on Track
Safety
GE/RT8070(1)
Oct 03
Drugs and
Alcohol
*(NR/SP/CTM/
021)
GE/RT8070(2)
~Jun 09
Drugs and
Alcohol
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New standard and RACOP
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Issues
• Loss of “whole of job” standards
• Changes to mandatory audiometric hearing
standard
• Ongoing need for MFS
• Fragmentation and change within rail OH
• Need for more detailed medical guidance
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Summary
• Key turning point for MFS
• EU driving change
• SfSM and DDA having significant
impact
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