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Mitigating the risk

• f MSD and

wellbeing initiatives ….what works?

Susan Gee

Group Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager MSc, MA, BSc(Hons), SCPHN (OH), RN Yorkshire Water

MSD……….. some facts

Accounts for 8.9 million lost days ..35%of all days lost ref

(HSE 2017)

WRMSD is higher in men than women

Lowest prevalence in Males age 16-34 – 50+ males highest Management

• f MSD

remains a key priority for the HSE

What is wellbeing?

Challenges of managing work related MSD

Negative beliefs about ageing and continued ability (not inevitable) Understanding work place risks across a wide age demographic However- research demonstrates that age reduces joint mobility, muscular strength, movement and reaction time

Individual beliefs regarding cause

• f problem (work) and beliefs

regarding recovery- work will make it worse – work may not be primary cause

Proactive approach .... what we did at YW

Explored our management information SA stats/accidents and physio referrals Manual workers

• ver 50 asked to

volunteer to participate in a bespoke health education pilot Identified that a significant number

• f 50+ manual

workers had MSD related accidents/absence

What did it involve?

• 50 employees met the criteria and volunteered to be included
• Information given via an explanatory presentation, signed consent

completed

• Initial individual assessment included spinal joint movement, muscle

strength, flexibility, neural mobility, core stability, aerobic fitness and VAS pain score

• Followed by 6 individual physio sessions 1 per week and bespoke

exercise plan for employee to maintain independently

• 2nd assessment completed at week 7 to evaluate outcome

Employee evaluation

77% reported that they felt the

initiative had had a

positive effect on their overall wellbeing 89% reported that had a better understanding of their personal MSK capability 44% reported that they felt more confident at work in maintain the full remit of the role

2 years on ……..

• We have continued with the back-care

programme across the organisation

• Referrals to physio have reduced by 42.5%
• We estimate we have saved 2560 working days

in the last year

Wellbeing initiatives….. what works?

• Ideally needs to be linked to the public health

agenda but should be bespoke and health needs led

• Understand the demographics of your
• rganisation and what your surveys/statistics are

telling you .. where are the hotspots

Mental Health First Aid:

• As a result of this training, counselling referrals have

been reduced by 48%

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