Work Ability as a Clinical Outcome: A Call to Action

Prof. Stephen Bevan, Director of the Centre for Workforce Effectiveness at The Work Foundation, Honorary Professor at Lancaster University, Founding President of Fit for Work Europe
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Work as an Outcome?
Work in its broadest sense can be an engaging, connecting and energising activity It can confer health benefits, a sense of purpose, a feeling of normality and, of course, income Yet too few people with MSDs are having return to work conversations with clinicians and employers This means that for many clinical interventions which support work ability and workplace accommodations which can also help, remain inaccessible, poorly timed or inadequately resourced
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Call to Action
Prioritise MSDs recognise their impact across the EU on lost productivity & social exclusion and reflect this in clinical priorities & in active labour market policy National & Regional Plans to provide a logic, standards, pathways and outcome measures for health, welfare & employment support for people with MSDs Include Work as an outcome in HTA healthcare decisionmaking to reflect societal impact of interventions Support Self-management placing people with MSDs at the centre of their care, vocational rehabilitation and workplace accommodations
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