'A healthy return' – new IOSH guidance
January 27th 2009 Returning to work after the New Year is no mean feat, but coming back to work after months or years due to work-related sickness is an even greater challenge.
The UK Government recently announced its plans to reassess the 2.6 million people receiving incapacity benefits by 2013 to determine who is healthy enough to return to work. Employers and managers will have to do more to manage rehabilitation, which means calling on the support of health and safety practitioners. And there’s a new free guide from the IOSH information centre which can help: 'A healthy return - good practice guide to rehabilitating people at work.'
Introducing the guide, Dr Bill Gunnyeon, Chief Medical Adviser at the Department for Work and Pensions, said:
"Employers, occupational health and other healthcare professions, trade unions, HR professionals, line managers and occupational safety and health practitioners must all work together, combining their respective skills and experience to create a powerful multidisciplinary team."
"IOSH is to be congratulated on its initiative, which is an excellent example of taking definitive action to bring about change and help make a difference to the lives of working age people."
Download your copy of 'A healthy return – good practice guide to rehabilitating people at work' here.
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