Occupational Health. Your workforce, our business

WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP YOUR WORKFORCE AT WORK.

Ill-health costs businesses millions of pounds through lost work-time. That's not all. It also leads to lower productivity from staff who 'battle on' with back pain, upper limb disorders and other conditions.

According to the Health & Safety Executive's 'Labour Force Survey', two million employees suffer from occupational illnesses or ill-health each year:

1.2 million have musculo-skeletal conditions such as upper limb disorders and back pain

500,000 suffer stress, leading to anxiety, irritability and loss of sleep

half of all these people will take time off work.

"Changing from purely symptomatic treatment to an 'active rehabiltation programme' can produce a faster return to work and less chronic disability. This is more effective in an occupational setting than in a health care one."
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH GUIDELINES

WORK HARD, PLAY HARD

Although businesses feel the costs of their staff's ill-health, often problems lie with factors outside work, including an individual's lifestyle, leisure activities and general health.

We take all these issues into account.
Before we treat patients, we diagnose the problem and plan a treatment programme that suits the individual's personal circumstances.

THE BENEFITS TO YOUR BUSINESS

increased staff fitness and morale
shorter absences from work
reduction in lost-time accidents
less disruption to work schedules
less need for expensive consultant referrals and investigations
reduced private insurance costs
reduced RIDDOR Reports

It's clearly in your business' interests to address these types of problem. There are also increasingly compelling legal reasons. New EC regulations on manual handling and VDU use have placed greater responsibility on employers to safeguard their staff's health.

BLUNSDON ABBEY PHYSIOTHERAPY CAN OFFER YOU:

on-site service, if required

risk assessment

ergonomic advice

immediate assessment and treatment of injuries

advice on accurate diagnosis and prognosis

rehabilitation

on-going support and monitoring

regular reviews, including audits and statistical reports tailored to your needs

a telephone helpline.

Blunsdon Abbey Physiotherapy will customise a cost-effective package for your business. It will be designed to keep your staff at work, or return them to their job in the fastest, safest time, taking care to minimise the risk of injury recurrence.