Occupational physiotherapy offering helps NHS Trust increase employee productivity

Abstract

Additionally, some employees were working with reduced productivity, and 43.5 per cent of those that entered the Physio Med service had bared their injuries for a period in excess of 12 weeks. [...]the BDCFT needed to find a way to help its employee's access quality physiotherapy treatment much more quickly to: EMPTY * reduce employee discomfort and pain levels;EMPTY * minimise associated absence and facilitate an early return to work;EMPTY * improve productivity;EMPTY * reduce the risk of further absence, due to recurrence of MSD, by gathering information on the causes of injuries; andEMPTY * provide the above in the most cost-effective manner.