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Summary:
Musculoskeletal (MSK) problems such as back pain, arthritis, sprains and strains, are the most common problem in the workplace, and one of the greatest causes of absence from work.An MSK healthy workplace enables people to be healthy, fit and stay in work.
Are you MSK Aware? Do you know how to be proactive and take actions to promote MSK health, to prevent MSK problems arising in the workplace and to support those with MSK problems to stay in work? Learn about key actions for how you can meet and build on your legal duties to support high quality MSK health and wellbeing in your workplace.
Speaker Bio:
Professor Anthony Woolf is Director of the Bone and Joint Research Group, Royal Cornwall Hospital and of MSK Aware CIC. He is a consultant rheumatologist and has held honorary chairs in Rheumatology at the University of Exeter Medical School, Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and visiting Professor in Musculoskeletal Science, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Sweden.
His work focuses on influencing policy and practice nationally and internationally, working with WHO, EU, and in the UK with NHS England, Public Health England and Department of Work and Pensions to ensure musculoskeletal health is in all policies – health, social and employment. A major focus is on reducing the impact that musculoskeletal conditions have on people’s ability to work, including advising the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) to support the ‘Lighten the Load’ campaign, as well as developing practical solutions for employers through “MSK Aware” in partnership with Public Health England, Health and Safety Executive, ROSPA, employers and employee representatives.
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