The cost of work-related illness in the UK is high, but a new program, if successful, could save more than 20bn in the next ten years. Called Securing Health Together, the new strategy to deliver better occupational health by 2010 is a collaborative effort by the Health & Safety Commission and Ministers from the Departments of Environmental Transport & the Regions, Education & Employment, and Health and Social Security. Their targeted goals are, among others, a 20 percent reduction in work-related ill health; 20 percent reduction in ill health to members of the public caused by work activity; 30 percent reduction in number of days lost because of work-related ill health; and those unable to work through ill-health or disability to be made aware where appropriate, of opportunities for rehabilitation into work and/or opportunities to prepare for and find work.
Based on a report from i-FM Newsletter
