Professor Ewan MacDonald

Honorary Professorship (School of Health & Wellbeing)

R108 Level 1, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ

Biography

Ewan is Head of the Healthy Working Lives Group, which he established at the University of Glasgow in 1990. He divides his time between academic activities and provision of clinical Occupational Health and Safety services through his company MacOH Ltd.

Ewan is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of Glasgow, Edinburgh and London and a Fellow and Past President of the UK Faculty of Occupational Medicine. He is a Founder and Past President of the Occupational Medicine section of the Union of European Medical Specialists. In 2015, by invitation of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ewan presented the C.O. Sappington Memorial Lecture at the spring American Occupational Health Conference. In 2018, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish Faculty of Occupational Medicine for his services to Occupational Health both in Ireland and internationally. Numerous past honorary appointments have included Honorary Colonel of 225 Medical Regiment for 6 years.

Ewan developed the Healthy Working Lives paradigm and this was adopted as policy in Scotland. Subsequently, he stimulated its review which led to the Health Works Policy. During 2011, he chaired the implementation group of the first Health Works pilot to introduce a redesigned musculoskeletal service in the Health Service in Scotland with the aim of ensuring a more patient-centred faster service with a focus on return to maximum function including work, where appropriate. Ewan also proposed the OHS Extra service which was the forerunner of the “Fit for Work” service across the UK.

Ewan is a member of the Bevan Commission which advises Welsh Government on improving the NHS in Wales and on health and safety programmes. He is also a member of the Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group reporting to the Cabinet secretary in Scotland.

Ewan chairs the Academic Forum for Health and Work in the UK and recently reported to the House of Lords on the Value of Occupational Health Research. Through his networks in the UK and his strong links with both the Society of Occupational Medicine and the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, Ewan continues to work tirelessly for universal access to Occupational Health in the UK.

Previous experience includes being Director of Salus Occupational Health & Safety, which he created, and is the largest NHS-based Occupational Health & Safety service in the UK. Other roles have included Chief Medical Officer to Alcan (UK and Europe), Chief Medical Officer to IBM (UK), Chair of the IBM European OH Board (EU, Middle East and Africa) and Principal Medical Officer for the Yorkshire Coal Field. He started his career in Occupational Medicine after training in internal medicine and subsequently in the UK Coal-Mining Industry.

He is a member of the Bevan Commission which advises Welsh Government on improving the NHS in Wales and on health and safety programmes. He is also a member of the Disability and Carers Benefits Expert Advisory Group reporting to the Cabinet secretary in Scotland.

External and Leadership Roles

Scottish Occupational Health Action Group (SOHAG),
Chair (2020- present)
Long Covid Multidisciplinary Group,
Chair (2020 - present)
Academic Forum for Health and Work in the UK
Chair (2018-present)
Bevan Commission, Wales
Member (2012-present)
Expert advisory group, Health and work service, DWP
Member (2013-14)
Research Steering Group, Equally Well, Scottish Government
Member (2008-10)
Dame Carole Black Sounding Board
Member (2007-11)
ICOH Health Service Research and Evaluation committee
Board Member (2006-10)
National Advisory Group, Healthy Working Lives, Health Scotland
Member (2006-present)
GMC Quality Group, Professional Performance Assessment
Chair (2006 -8)
Securing Health Together, Support Programme Action Group (DWP)
Chair (2002-04)
Occupational medicine section, Union of European Medical Specialists
Founder, President (2001-2005)
GMC Lead Assessor Occupational Medicine, Member of Training Team
Lead Assessor (2000-2010)
Occupational Health and Safety Strategy Implementation Group,
Chair (1999-2006)
Scottish Government
Faculty of Occupational Medicine
(President) (1994-96)

Research interests

Ewan’s research includes extending working lives, ageing workers, the working age population, prevention and control of sickness absence, ill health retirement and he undertook the first OH study of high-altitude climbing Sherpas, as a way of combining business with pleasure.

His research includes a focus on the health problems caused by work, ageing workers and maintenance of their functional capability. His focus is also on the health problems caused by worklessness. He believes that worklessness is the major contributor to increased morbidity, mortality, health inequalities and social exclusion in Scotland. He led a major study of 13,000 workless individuals going through the welfare to work programme and the factors which facilitate and hinder return to work.

Ewan established with others, the Scottish Observatory for Work and Health, which was based in his Group at the University and research projects include evaluation of return-to-work initiatives, the biological changes underpinning ageing and health inequalities.

Ewan has also been actively involved in Covid-19 research from an occupational health perspective with a BMJ Editorial on safely returning the clinically vulnerable back to work and a UK Biobank study on ‘at risk’ occupational groups for severe Covid-19 illness.

Since 2018, he has been Chair of the Academic Forum for Health and Work in the UK and he was a co-author of the widely publicised report on ‘The Value of Occupational Health research’ which he presented in 2019 at a launch at the House of Lords, hosted by Lord Blunkett. Research income over the past 20 years has exceeded £9 million and includes research for the MRC (Medical Research Council); the Scottish Government; NHS, and the HSE (Health & Safety Executive).

Publications

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Number of items: 89.

2024

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Walker, Simon Harold ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-8537, McQuaid, Ronald W., Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Leyland, Alastair H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, Frank, John, Mackay, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2024) Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland. BMJ Open, 14(7), e072943. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072943)

2023

Lalloo, D., Lewsey, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Katikireddi, S.V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, MacDonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Demou, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X (2023) Cancer risk in information technology workers: A UK Biobank study. Occupational Medicine, 73(6), pp. 304-308. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad070) (PMID:37477883) (PMCID:PMC10540665)

Loh, M. et al. (2023) Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 in air and on surfaces in Scottish hospitals. Journal of Hospital Infection, 133, pp. 1-7. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.11.019) (PMID:36473553) (PMCID:PMC9721166)

2022

Lalloo, Drushca, Lewsey, Jim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Campbell, Desmond ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-714X and Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X (2022) Comparing anxiety and depression in information technology workers with others in employment: a UK Biobank cohort study. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 66(9), pp. 1136-1150. (doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxac061) (PMID:36029464) (PMCID:PMC9664232)

Bergman, Beverly P., Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Lewsey, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165 and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2022) A comparison of routine and case-managed pathways for recovery from musculoskeletal disorders in people in employment. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(17), pp. 4648-4655. (doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1912837) (PMID:33896322)

Rayner, C. et al. (2022) Long COVID and Return to Work- What Works? A position paper from the Society of Occupational Medicine. Discussion Paper. Society of Occupational Medicine, London.

Lalloo, Drushca and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2022) Understanding clinical case complexity in occupational health. Occupational Medicine, 72(5), pp. 283-285. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqab175) (PMID:35815606)

Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2022) Impact of Long Covid on workers and workplaces and the role of OSH. Discussion Paper. European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EUOSHA).

2021

Soler-Font, Mercè, Ramada, José Maria, Montero-Moraga, José Maria, Palencia-Sánchez, Francisco, Merelles, Antoni, Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Serra, Consol (2021) What is meant by case management for the return-to-work of workers with musculoskeletal disorders? A scoping review. Work, 70(4), pp. 1069-1087. (doi: 10.3233/wor-205172) (PMID:34842208)

Cherrie, John W., Cherrie, Mark P.C., Smith, Alice, Holmes, David, Semple, Sean, Steinle, Susanne, MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Moore, Ginny and Loh, Miranda (2021) Contamination of air and surfaces in workplaces with SARS-CoV-2 Virus: a systematic review. Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 65(8), pp. 879-892. (doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxab026) (PMID:34329379) (PMCID:PMC8385829)

Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Lalloo, Drushca, Raynor, Clare, Yarker, Jo and SOM Long Covid Group (Society of Occupational Medicine), . (2021) COVID -19 infection and long COVID – guide for managers. Documentation. European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EUOSHA).

Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Lalloo, Drushca, Raynor, Clare, Yarker, Jo and SOM Long Covid Group (Society of Occupational Medicine), . (2021) COVID-19 infection and long COVID – guide for workers. Documentation. European Agency for Health and Safety at Work (EUOSHA).

Neary, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-937X, Katikireddi, Srinivasa V. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, McQuaid, Ronald W., Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Thomson, Hilary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948 (2021) Using candidacy theory to explore unemployed over-50s perceptions of suitability of a welfare to work programme: a longitudinal qualitative study. Social Policy and Administration, 55(4), pp. 589-605. (doi: 10.1111/spol.12644)

Lalloo, Drushca, Gallagher, John, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and McDonnell, Conor (2021) Clinical case complexity in occupational health: contributing factors and a proposed conceptual framework model. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 63(6), e352-e361. (doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002215) (PMID:33950037)

Mutambudzi, M. et al. (2021) Occupation and risk of severe COVID-19: prospective cohort study of 120 075 UK Biobank participants. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(5), pp. 307-314. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2020-106731) (PMID:33298533)

Lalloo, Drushca, Williams, Anthony, Roy, Munna, MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Rayner, Clare (2021) COVID-19 Return to Work in the Roadmap Out of Lockdown: Guidelines for Workers, Employers and Health Practitioners. Documentation. Society of Occupational Medicine, London.

Lalloo, Drushca, Lewsey, Jim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-8165, Katikireddi, Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X (2021) Health, lifestyle and occupational risks in Information Technology workers. Occupational Medicine, 71(2), pp. 68-74. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqaa222) (PMID:33515462) (PMCID:PMC8034523)

Lalloo, Drushca, Gallagher, John, Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, McDonnell, Conor and Vargas-Prada Figueroa, Sergio (2021) Reply. Occupational Medicine, 71(2), pp. 109-110. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqab009) (PMID:33836089)

2020

Lalloo, Drushca, Gallagher, J., MacDonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, McDonnell, C. and Vargas-Prada Figueroa, Sergio (2020) Peer review audit of non-specialist occupational physician reports. Occupational Medicine, 70(7), pp. 503-506. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqaa145) (PMID:32804206)

Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685 (2020) The Prediction and Prevention of Job Loss in Aging Workers. Occupational Medicine, 70(7), Oct 2020. p. 544. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqaa046)

MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Middleton, John, Lalloo, Drushca and Greenhalgh, Trisha (2020) Safely returning clinically vulnerable people to work. British Medical Journal, 370, m3600. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3600) (PMID:32958471)

Lalloo, Drushca, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Pahl, Nick and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2020) Research and teaching activity in UK occupational physicians. Occupational Medicine, 70(1), pp. 64-67. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqz132) (PMID:31644805) (PMCID:PMC7101243)

Lalloo, Drushca, Roy, Munna and MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2020) COVID-19 Return to Work Guide for Health Professionals Advising Patients and Employers. Documentation. Society of Occupational Medicine, London.

2019

Bergman, B.P., Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Mackay, D.F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098 and Pell, J.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035 (2019) Healthy workers or less healthy leavers? Mortality in military veterans. Occupational Medicine, 69(8-9), pp. 570-576. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqz023) (PMID:30869774)

Lalloo, Drushca, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Vargas-Prada Figueroa, Sergio, Germeni, Evi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5576-8816 and McIntosh, Emma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6340-3083 (2019) The Value of Occupational Health Research: History, Evolution and Way Forward. Project Report. Society of Occupational Medicine, London.

Neary, Joanne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4758-937X, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, MacDonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Thomson, Hilary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-9948 (2019) Role of age and health in perceptions of returning to work: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 19, 496. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6819-9) (PMID:31046738) (PMCID:PMC6498557)

Vargas-Prada, S. and MacDonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2019) Increased reporting of musculoskeletal pain in anaesthetists: is it an occupational issue? Anaesthesia, 74(3), pp. 274-276. (doi: 10.1111/anae.14537) (PMID:30657588)

2018

Lalloo, Drushca, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Smedley, Julia, Madan, Ira, Asanati, Kaveh and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) Current research priorities for UK occupational physicians and occupational health researchers: a modified Delphi study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 75(11), pp. 830-836. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-105114) (PMID:30121583) (PMCID:PMC6760972)

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6593-9092, Leyland, Alastair H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3741-7099, McQuaid, Ronald W., Frank, John and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) Age, health and other factors associated with return to work for those engaging with a welfare-to-work initiative: a cohort study of administrative data from the UK’s Work Programme. BMJ Open, 8(10), e024938. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024938) (PMID:30368452) (PMCID:PMC6224745)

Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Lalloo, Drushca and MacDonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) Differences in opinions of occupational physicians on the required competencies by field of practice: results of an international Delphi study. BMC Medical Education, 18, 62. (doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1139-9) (PMID:29609560) (PMCID:PMC5879917)

Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Katikireddi, S.V., Leyland, A.H., McQuaid, R.W., Frank, J. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) The Role of Age and Health in Returning to Work: Results from the Supporting Older People into Employment (sopie) Cohort. 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29 Apr - 04 May 2018. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2018-ICOHabstracts.132)

Parkin, T.D.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3566-9030, Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685 and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) Occupational risks of working with horses: A questionnaire survey of equine veterinary surgeons. Equine Veterinary Education, 30(4), pp. 200-205. (doi: 10.1111/eve.12891)

Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Hanson, Margaret, Bakhshi, Andisheh, Kennedy, Mark and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) Working Health Services Scotland: a four-year evaluation. Occupational Medicine, 68(1), pp. 38-45. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqx186) (PMID:29390161) (PMCID:PMC5927139)

Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Smith, Shanley, Bhaskar, Abita, Mackay, Daniel F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hunt, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5873-3632, Vargas-Prada, Sergio and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2018) Evaluating sickness absence duration by musculoskeletal and mental health issues. A retrospective cohort study of Scottish Healthcare Workers. BMJ Open, 8(1), e018185. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018085) (PMID:29374662) (PMCID:PMC5829784)

2017

Mahmood, F., Ferguson, K.B., Clarke, J., Hill, K., MacDonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Macdonald, D.J.M. (2017) Hand–arm vibration in orthopaedic surgery: a neglected risk. Occupational Medicine, 67(9), pp. 715-717. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqx154) (PMID:29126176)

Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Asanati, Kaveh (2017) Absence from work. In: Milne, Robin G. (ed.) Civic Engagement. Series: Contemporary issues in social science. Routledge. ISBN 9781138080171

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, McQuaid, Ronald, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Leyland, Alastair, Frank, John, Molaodi, Oarabile R. and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2017) Visualising the Unemployment-to-employment Transitions to Explore Factors Influencing Return to Work in the Work Programme: Results from the Supporting Older People Into Employment (SOPIE) Cohort. Eliminating Occupational Disease: Translating Research into Action (EPICOH 2017), Edinburgh, UK, 28-31 Aug 2017. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2017-104636.211)

Lalloo, Drushca, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Stevenson, Marisa, Gaffney, Mairi and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2017) Comparison of competency priorities between UK occupational physicians and occupational health nurses. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 74(5), pp. 384-386. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-104049) (PMID:28232635) (PMCID:PMC5520255)

2016

Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Asanati, Kaveh (2016) Absence from work. Contemporary Social Science, 11(1), pp. 30-39. (doi: 10.1080/21582041.2016.1246749)

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, McQuaid, Ronald, Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal, Leyland, Alastair, Frank, John, Jeavons, Luke, de Pellette, Paul and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Establishment of a Cohort to Identify Factors Influencing Return to Work in the Over 50s Participating in the UK Work Programme: Supporting Older People into Employment (SOPIE). 25th EPICOH Conference: Epidemiology in Occupation Health Conference - "Occupational Health, Think Globally, Act Locally", Barcelona, Spain, 4-7 Sept 2016. A166. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103951.454)

Hanson, Margaret, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Bakhshi, Andisheh and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Evaluation of Working Health Services Scotland, 2010-2014. Project Report. Scottish Government.

Lalloo, Drushca, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Trends in NHS doctor and dentist referrals to occupational health. Occupational Medicine, 66(4), pp. 316-319. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw016) (PMID:26928858) (PMCID:PMC4861137)

Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Fort William study and survival. In: Teasdale, Graham (ed.) Remembering Sam: The Life and Times of Sam Galbraith. Birlinn. ISBN 9781780273389

McClelland, R. et al. (2016) Accelerated ageing and renal dysfunction links lower socioeconomic status and dietary phosphate intake. Aging, 8(5), pp. 1135-1149. (doi: 10.18632/aging.100948) (PMID:27132985) (PMCID:PMC4931858)

Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Sanati, Kaveh, Kennedy, Mark, Murray, Keith and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) A novel approach to early sickness absence management: the EASY (early access to support for you) way. Work, 53(3), pp. 597-608. (doi: 10.3233/WOR-152137) (PMID:26409380) (PMCID:PMC4927878)

Lalloo, D., Demou, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Kiran, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4191-113X, Gaffney, M., Stevenson, M. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Core competencies for UK occupational health nurses: a Delphi study. Occupational Medicine, 66(8), pp. 649-655. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqw089) (PMID:27492470) (PMCID:PMC5088609)

Lalloo, Drushca, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Kiran, Sibel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4191-113X, Cloeren, Mariane, Mendes, Réne and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) International perspective on common core competencies for occupational physicians: a modified Delphi study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2016(73), pp. 452-458. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103285) (PMID:27076063) (PMCID:PMC4941142)

Lalloo, Drushca, Ghafur, Imran and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Doctors’ health—addressing the knowledge gap. Occupational Medicine, 66(1), p. 255. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqv211) (PMID:27016748)

Vargas-Prada, S., Demou, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Lalloo, D., Avila-Palencia, I., Sanati, K.A., Sampere, M., Freer, K., Serra, C. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2016) Effectiveness of very early workplace interventions to reduce sickness absence: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 42(4), pp. 261-272. (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3576) (PMID:27271024) (PMCID:PMC5386143)

2015

Brown, J. et al. (2015) Protocol for a mixed-methods longitudinal study to identify factors influencing return to work in the over 50s participating in the UK work programme: supporting older people into employment (SOPIE). BMJ Open, 5(12), e010525. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010525) (PMID:26674507) (PMCID:PMC4691729)

Targett, Katherine and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2015) Occupational Medicine Podcasts: Podcast 10: Interviews with Katherine Targett and Ewan MacDonald. [Audio]

Lalloo, D., Demou, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2015) Impact of peer review audit on occupational health report quality. Occupational Medicine, 65(6), pp. 440-443. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqv077) (PMID:26048330) (PMCID:PMC4522512)

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Mackay, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Craig, Joyce, Frank, John and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2015) The EASY (Early Access to Support for You) sickness absence service: a four-year evaluation of the impact on absenteeism. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 41(2), pp. 204-215. (doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3480) (PMID:25626136)

Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Shrestha, Shrijana, Chhetri, Mahendra Kashari, Sherpa, Lahkpa Rangdu, Sherpa, Da Gelje, Murray, Keith and Sanati, Kaveh A (2015) Work-health needs of high-altitude mountain guides (Sherpas) in Nepal: a pilot study. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 21(1), pp. 9-14. (doi: 10.1080/10803548.2015.1017945)

2014

Rodriguez-Jareño, Maria Cruz, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Vargas-Prada, Sergio, Sanati, Kaveh A, Škerjanc, Alenka, Reis, Pedro G, Helimäki-Aro, Ritva, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Serra, Consol (2014) European Working Time Directive and doctors' health: a systematic review of the available epidemiological evidence. BMJ Open, 4(7), e004916. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-004916) (PMCID:PMC4091509)

Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Gaffney, Mairi, Khan, Furzana, Lando, John K and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2014) Case management training needs to support vocational rehabilitation for case managers and general practitioners: a survey study. BMC Medical Education, 14(1), p. 95. (doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-95)

Lalloo, Drushca, Ghafur, Imran and MacDonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2014) Under-recording of sickness absence in doctors. Occupational Medicine, 64(8), pp. 647-648. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqu165)

Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Sanati, Kaveh A. (2014) Is it better to be poor and unemployed or rich and work in a hazardous environment? British Medical Journal, 349, g5788. (doi: 10.1136/bmj.g5788)

2013

Ghafur, Imran, Lalloo, Drushca, Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Menon, Manju (2013) Development and implementation of clinical algorithms in occupational health practice. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 55(12), pp. 1443-1448. (doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182a7e63b) (PMID:24270296)

Webster, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Turok, I. (2013) The Interaction of Health, Labour Market Conditions, and Long-Term Sickness Benefit Claims in a Post-Industrial City: A Glasgow Case Study. In: Lindsay, C. and Houston, D. (eds.) Disability Benefits, Welfare Reform and Employment Policy. Series: Work and Welfare in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, Hampshire, pp. 111-133. ISBN 9780230349940

Brown, Judith, Mackay, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5381-7098, Demou, Evangelia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Craig, Joyce and MacDonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2013) Reducing sickness absence in Scotland - applying the lessons from a pilot NHS intervention. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

Lalloo, D., Ghafur, I. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2013) Doctor and dentist contacts with an NHS occupational health service. Occupational Medicine, 63(4), pp. 291-293. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqt029)

Lalloo, D., Ghafur, Imran and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2013) Author Reply. Managers’ perception of mental health diagnosis in doctors. Occupational Medicine, 63(6), p. 454. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqt094)

2012

Lalloo, D., Ghafur, I. and MacDonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2012) Author reply. Audit or assessment tools for occupational health letters or reports. Occupational Medicine, 62(6), pp. 469-470. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqs095)

Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Demou, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Tristram, M.A., Gilmour, H., Sanati, K.A. and Macdonald, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2012) Employment status and health: understanding the health of the economically inactive population in Scotland. BMC Public Health, 12, p. 327. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-327)

Lalloo, D., Ghafur, I. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2012) Peer review audit of occupational health reports: process and outcomes. Occupational Medicine, 62(1), pp. 54-56. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqr152) (PMID:21994345)

Demou, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-525X, Gibson, I. and Macdonald, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2012) Identification of the factors associated with outcomes in a condition management programme. BMC Public Health, 12, p. 927. (doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-927)

2011

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Smith, Joel, Mitchell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155, Webster, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, James, Turok, Ivan and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2011) Medical reason for claiming employment support allowance in the UK, Scotland and Glasgow. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 68(Sup. 1), A96. (doi: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100382.315)

Duncan, A., O'Reilly, D. StJ., Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Watkins, T.R. and Taylor, M. (2011) Thirty-five year review of a mercury monitoring service for Scottish dental practice. British Dental Journal, 210(3), E2. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.49) (PMID:21293493)

Sanati, K.A., Mansouri, M., Macdonald, D., Ghafghazi, S., Macdonald, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Yadegarfar, G. (2011) Surgical techniques and return to work following carpal tunnel release: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 21(4), pp. 474-481. (doi: 10.1007/s10926-011-9310-8)

2010

Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Burke, F.J.T, Macdonald, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Gilmour, H., Hill, K. B., Morris, A. J., White, D. A., Muirhead, E. K. and Murray, K. (2010) Dental practitioners and ill health retirement: causes, outcomes and re-employment. British Dental Journal, 209(5; E7), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.813)

Webster, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J., Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Turok, I., Mitchell, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3827-7155 and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2010) Falling Incapacity Benefit claims in a former industrial city: policy impacts or labour market improvement? Policy Studies, 31(2), pp. 163-185. (doi: 10.1080/01442870903429611)

Hill, K.B., Burke, F.J.T., Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Morris, A.J., White, D.A. and Murray, K. (2010) Dental practitioners and ill health retirement: a qualitative investigation into the causes and effects. British Dental Journal, 209(5), E8. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2010.814)

Macdonald, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Sanati, K.A. (2010) Occupational health services now and in the future: the need for a paradigm shift. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 52(12), pp. 1273-1277. (doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f7cbf0)

2009

Brown, J., Hanlon, P.W., Turok, I., Webster, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J. and Macdonald, E.B. (2009) Mental health as a reason for claiming incapacity benefit--a comparison of national and local trends. Journal of Public Health, 31(1), pp. 74-80. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdn098)

2008

Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hanlon, P., Turok, I., Webster, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Arnott, J. and Macdonald, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2008) Establishing the potential for using routine data on Incapacity Benefit to assess the local impact of policy initiatives. Journal of Public Health, 30(1), pp. 54-59. (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdm074)

Wilford, J., McMahon, A.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9425-7792, Peters, J., Pickvance, S., Jackson, A., Blank, L., Craig, D., O'Rourke, A. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2008) Predicting job loss in those off sick. Occupational Medicine, 58(2), pp. 99-106. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqm141)

2007

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Hanlon, Philip, Webster, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-3711, Turok, Ivan, Arnott, James and Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2007) Turning the Tap off! Incapacity Benefit in Glasgow and Scotland - Trends Over the Past Five Years. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health, Glasgow.

Peters, Jean, Pickvance, Simon, Wilford, Jane, Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Blank, Lindsay (2007) Predictors of delayed return to work or job loss with respiratory ill-health: a systematic review. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 17(2), pp. 317-326. (doi: 10.1007/s10926-007-9072-5) (PMID:17295061)

Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 and Docherty, Gabe (2007) Healthy working lives: the Scottish strategy for improving health in the workplace. In: Westerholm, Peter and Walters, David (eds.) Supporting Health at Work: International Perspectives on Occupational Health Services. Series: Policy and practice in health and safety. Supplement (Suppl.). OSH Services Ltd: Wigston, pp. 141-150. ISBN 9780901357397

2006

Brown, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Gilmour, W.H. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2006) Ill health retirement in Scottish teachers: process, outcomes and re-employment. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, 79(5), pp. 433-440. (doi: 10.1007/s00420-005-0060-9)

Brown, J., Gilmour, W.H. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2006) Return to work after ill-health retirement in Scottish NHS staff and teachers. Occupational Medicine, 56(7), pp. 480-484. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kql075)

2005

Brown, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-9685, Reetoo, K. Nundita, Murray, Keith J., Thom, William and Macdonald, Ewan B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2005) The involvement of occupational health services prior to ill-health retirement in NHS staff in Scotland and predictors of re-employment. Occupational Medicine, 55(5), pp. 357-363. (doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqi069)

Reetoo, K.N., Harrington, J.M. and Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456 (2005) Required competencies of occupational physicians: a Delphi survey of UK customers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(6), pp. 406-413. (doi: 10.1136/oem.2004.017061) (PMID:15901889) (PMCID:PMC1741022)

2004

Ritchie, K.A., Harper Gilmour, W., Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Burke, F.J.T., McGowan, D.A., Dale, I.M., Hammersley, R., Hamilton, R., Binnie, V.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-6812 and Collington, D. (2004) Mercury vapour levels in dental practices in body mercury levels of dentists and controls. British Dental Journal, 197(10), 625 -632. (doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4811831)

2002

Ritchie, K.A., Harper Gilmour, W., Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Burke, F.J.T., McGowan, D.A., Dale, I.M., Hammersley, R., Hamilton, R.M., Binnie, V.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8610-6812 and Collington, D. (2002) Health and neuropsychological functioning of dentists exposed to mercury. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 59(5), 287 -293. (doi: 10.1136/oem.59.5.287)

2000

Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Ritchie, K.A., Murray, K.J. and Gilmour, W.H. (2000) Requirements for occupational medicine training in Europe: a Delphi study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 57(2), pp. 98-105. (doi: 10.1136/oem.57.2.98) (PMID:10711277) (PMCID:PMC1739906)

Macdonald, Ewan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Baranski, Boguslaw and Wilford, Jane (2000) Occupational Medicine in Europe: Scope and Competencies. Project Report. World Health Organization, Copenhagen.

1999

Ritchie, K.A., Macdonald, E.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1202-3456, Gilmour, W.H. and Murray, K.J. (1999) Analysis of sickness absence among employees of four NHS trusts. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 56(10), pp. 702-708. (doi: 10.1136/oem.56.10.702) (PMID:10658551) (PMCID:PMC1757661)

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