12.08.11 by Work Screen
Work Screen questionnaires are very versatile and can be used in a number of different ways. This has been recognised by two occupational health departments, one in a large NHS trust in Scotland and the Department at the University of Leeds who are using WORKSCREEN as part of their initial assessments of staff.
The NHS occupational health service includes triage by Occupational Physiotherapists who will be using the Work Screen questionnaires to help determine the urgency of the need for physiotherapy appointments for staff who are self referring to the service whilst continuing to work. "If we can establish which of our service users are experiencing high work instability and are therefore most at risk of going off sick this will help ensure that urgent appointment slots are allocated to those most in need" said the manager of the service. "I anticipate that using the Work Screen questionnaires at the beginning of any physiotherapy treatment and again at discharge will help us to evaluate the effectiveness of our service" she added.
Results will be compiled and reported later so watch this space!
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27.07.11 by Work Screen
Workplace Ergonomics & Productivity
Gill Gilworth to present latest Work Screen research at IEHF conference in October
Date: 26 Oct 2011 - 27 Oct 2011
Location: London
Event website: http://www.wep2011.org.uk
The Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors (IEHF) , previously the Ergonomics Society, is
Hosting a brand new exhibition and conference for 2011! This is the new 'must visit' event for professionals involved in workplace ergonomics, occupational health, HR, facilities management, and health & safety.
This is the only exhibition covering workplace ergonomics and productivity in the UK and, what's more, entrance to the exhibition is completely FREE! There is a small charge for entrance to the seminars.
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15.07.11 by Work Screen
A global pharmaceutical company used Work Screens at its UK manufacturing centre to see how its staff were coping at work across different departments. As a result of very early identification of Work Instability and the implementation of appropriate interventions the group of employees showed a measurable improvement in how well they were coping at work. [More]
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13.06.11 by Work Screen
The Work Instability Scale for rheumatoid arthritis predicts arthritis-related work transitions within 12 months [More]
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05.05.11 by Work Screen
Bob Grove, Joint CEO, Centre for Mental Health, explained how he feels that the debate on presenteeism is very welcome. Surveys about mental health show that employers tend to have very low recognition of depression and anxiety - they consistently underestimate the incidence and prevalence. The flip side of this coin is that in many workplaces employees are very reluctant to disclose mental health problems for fear of damaging their workplace relationships and their careers - hence presenteeism due to mental ill health is common. This is particularly the case for people with "white collar" jobs. [More]
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14.02.11 by Work Screen
The majority of clients (82.2%) presenting to Access to Work do so with moderate or high levels of WI, representing a significant threat to job retention. Following intervention (ergonomics assessment and support), levels of WI and sickness absence fell.
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01.10.10 by Work Screen
This month Work Screen Director, Gill Gilworth, will be presenting a series of webinars about Work Screen that are being hosted by Osmond Ergonomics. [More]
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02.06.10 by Work Screen
Absence is pretty easy to get your head around but, according to the think-tank The Work Foundation, HR also needs to address the issue of presenteeism.
Personnel Today report on The Work Foundation survey published in April.
The Work Foundation argued that the cost of presenteeism could match or account for one-and-a-half times more working time lost than the estimated £13bn annual cost of sickness absence
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08.02.10 by Work Screen
Reliability, validity, and responsiveness of five at-work productivity measures were tested in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis. Measures revealed unique conceptualization of at-work disability, but no single scale emerged as clearly superior. However, current results slightly favour the WALS and RA WIS as superior instruments for measuring at-work productivity loss in workers with arthritis. [More]
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