To reduce acute injuries progressing to chronic injuries, allowing injuries to be treated quickly and effectively, improving outcome and potentially decreasing the number of treatment sessions necessary
Preventing secondary conditions developing which may become more problematic than the primary injury
Improve the general well-being of the employee (a healthy employee is a more productive one)
Direct referral to Occupational Health Physiotherapists. This would prevent a delay in treatment and therefore reduce the overall cost by;
Eliminating the need for referral to the Occupational Physician, Occupational Advisor or GP
Reduce the amount of sickness absence before treatment
Prevent conditions reaching the chronic phase (which are inherently harder to treat thereby needing more treatment sessions).
Proactively target musculoskeletal injuries by working with the key sickness absence manager to pick up employees as.
By allowing the referral to be sent directly to the appropriate clinical specialist i.e. musculoskeletal referrals to be sent direct to the Occupational Health Physiotherapist, the customer would benefit from:
A reduction in time from injury to referral and in turn assessment / reporting
A reduction in long periods of sick leave prior to treatment
The prevention of acute conditions becoming chronic which ensures the most efficient cost effective service.
Useful reporting ensuring the managers are able to maintain efficient running of their departments. Following a detailed assessment by the Occupational Physiotherapist, the Managers will be kept informed (through the initial assessment, update report or discharge report) on each step of the employees’ fitness for work, any work restrictions and any on-going management.
Proactively targeting long term musculoskeletal sickness absence as a priority, to undertake a physical examination in order to allow the complete management of each case and ensure the most appropriate action can be taken to move each case forward. In this respect, as well as liaising with the Occupational Health Physician and/or Occupational Health Advisor regularly (to ensure the employee receives a holistic approach), combined meetings are advised for those employees on long term musculoskeletal sick. It is essential that effective communications are maintained between the Occupational Health Physiotherapist, Occupational Health Physician, the employee and the Manager to ensure consistent and comprehensive management of each long term musculoskeletal absence case.
Whether its our RAPS or an ADHOC referral, our Occupational Health Physiotherapist can provide an assessment diagnosis and report for your employee(s)
