OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH STATISTICS

(CIPD Survey 2005)

• The average annual cost of absence per employee is £601
• Musculoskeletal injuries have overtaken back pain as the Number 1 cause of long term absence.
• Stress is now the third ranked cause of long term absence for manual employees.
• Stress and Mental Ill Health are the two top causes of long term absence amongst non-manual employees

OUR BUSINESS

Private General Practice Services is a key provider of Occupational Health in the East Midlands.  We also have access to a National Database of Occupationally trained Doctors and Nurses and together with our facilities for Private General Practice, have a lot to offer. 

The Practice is regulated under the exacting requirements of the Healthcare Commission and is therefore one of the few Practices that is regulated to provide medical treatment and referral as well as occupational medical assessment. 

We have experience in a wide range of sectors including printing and packaging, accountancy and stock broking, venture capital, manufacturing, IT, road haulage, transport and distribution, building societies, engineering and many others.   

We are able to provide a tailored service to meet your budget and are quite happy to meet with you to discuss and advise regarding your requirements. 

We will be delighted to provide references from existing companies if you wish. 

Our mission statement to you "Our dedicated team is here to help you look after your employees who are a major asset to your Business." 

In short, and we will help you to underpin their health and wellbeing.  

OCCUPATIONAL MUSCULOSKELETAL INFORMATION

 This is a leading cause of long term absence and affects not only manual workers but office based employees.   Our questionnaires will help you to discover problems early before they become a long term issue.  Early assessment diagnosis and treatment will aid early return to work.   Our referral network for physiotherapy, provision for acupuncture and our assessment for adjustments and alternative methods of working can keep someone at work who otherwise would be resting a limb, possibly inappropriately thereby creating long term sickness.

 WORK RELATED STRESS

 The HSE defines stress as "the adverse reaction that people have to excessive pressure or other types of demands placed on them".    Pressure is part and parcel of all work and helps to keep us motivated.    But excessive pressure can lead to stress, which undermines performance, is costly to employers and can make people ill.

 About half a million people in the U.K. experience work related stress at a level they believe is making them ill.   Up to five million people are feeling very or extremely stressed by their work and a total of 12.8 million working days were lost to stress, depression and anxiety in 2004/2005.

 Symptoms of stress come on slowly and insidiously and sometimes they are difficult to recognise by individuals, as they have almost become part of their normal way of life.     The symptoms of excessive stress can then go unnoticed and be detrimental to health.

 Physical symptoms can include increased susceptibility to illnesses of all kinds including coughs and colds, flu and viruses, headaches, muscular tension involving the head, neck, upper arms, back, tiredness and there are many others.

 Workplace questionnaires based on the HSE stress management standards are proving helpful in identifying workplace stress. have proved extremely helpful in identifying workplace stress and also helping the employees to cope on an individual and collective basis.   

 Once discovered, cognitive behavioural sessions help individuals and groups cope better with stress whether in the workplace or at home.   

 "When our people are happy and healthy, they will take better care of our business"

 "We now know that by sitting correctly, we can save weeks or months of long term back pain".