National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry resources

This administrative report outlines how the National Dust Disease Taskforce developed national guidance for doctors assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This case study shows how to appropriately determine a change in spirometry over time in an individual exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This scale helps general practitioners assess workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This questionnaire helps general practitioners assess workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This decision aid helps patients exposed to respirable crystalline silica (RCB) dust decide their next steps, including if they should keep working.

This exposure risk matrix assists medical practitioners assess workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

This practice guide provides medical practitioners with guidance on identifying and assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust, and carrying out health assessments and surveillance. 

The document summarises the national guidance for doctors assessing workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust.

The national guidance provides a framework to identify workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica dust and support medical practitioners carry out health surveillance within their specific training and experience. 

This final report from the National Dust Disease Taskforce includes 7 recommendations to support a range of actions to improve worker health and safety from dust diseases.

This communique summarises the eigth meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held on 7 June 2021.

This document outlines the results of research conducted for the National Dust Disease Taskforce. The research focussed on people with silicosis and other dust diseases to understand their health status, required supports, work history and their knowledge of prevention and control measures.

This communique summarises the seventh meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held on 22 April 2021.

This communique summarises the sixth meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held over 2 days – 23 and 25 February 2021.

National Dust Disease Taskforce – Consultation synthesis

This communique summarises the fifth meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held on 3 November 2020.

This communique summarises the fourth meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held on 12 August 2020.

This document from the National Dust Disease Taskforce provided interim advice to the Minister for Health. The advice was based on their initial consultations to understand the re-emergence of silicosis, who is at risk and why, and who should be involved in addressing the problem.

This communique summarises the third meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held on 29 November 2019.

This communique summarises the second meeting of the National Dust Disease Taskforce, held on 12 September 2019.