what a great questions particularly as the world scrambles for facts, science and how to manage the social and people aspects of this global pandemic and from all of that, one of the things we understand is the importance of right people/profession for the job or it can all just end a mess !
Occupational health nurses are skilled, evidence based, trained to interact with people at a high level the complexities of workplace health. We (ohn's ) need to step up, be seen, be heard, showcase what we do, listen to business as what they need from us and most of all deliver results. Hey team of 5 million tell us what you need !!!

thanks Joanne & others really enjoyed this session and I hope something comes out of it as a multi disciplinarian and integrated approach + stakeholders is needed
will be really interested to look at the models you have suggested

what is the single most important action we could take to make a difference to the level of MSD's increasing?

interesting having practiced in the field for 30 years I would say manual handling has changed in weight, loading and carrying. So definitely having accurate data would be useful.
What I do see is people who lack some of the core features of MSK e.g. strength, flexibility, poor tissue status etc and along with NCD factors as others have noted above, there is a fit for purpose issue. Secondly the best success I have seen in changing behaviours is not only evidence based practice and systems but one where the person makes the changes and is in control. That interface is critical. Some of our programmes are fabulous evidenced based but application is poor.

Hi Joanne
Do you think this lack of trending down for MSD is due to comorbidity factors - sedentariness, obesity, and chronic conditions, pain related mental fatigue - that is impacting on these figures ?