No matter how safe the workplace or how careful and trained the employee may be, accidents sometimes happen. Work injuries are treated immediately at our well-equipped surgery rather than having to wait at the local Base Hospital Accident and Emergency ward. Efficient rehabilitation is then arranged.

WorkCover costs are rising rapidly and our intention is to minimise lost time injuries and costs of claims by liaising with safety officers to place injured workers in appropriate positions and offering a functional assessment if necessary (see below). These provide the client and employer with clear placement recommendations based on the key physical requirements of the tasks allowed and a process to match worker performance with task requirements.

Immediate treatment of injuries and lacerations, with referral for appropriate treatment of more major injuries. The long and costly delays experienced waiting for assessment and treatment at the Base Hospital, with an increased delay to return to work and consequent greater degree of functional impairment, can be avoided.

Liaison with the company health and safety officer regarding injured employees with advice on suitable alternate duties or rehabilitation. This allows faster return to productive work for the employee, with the least degree of disability.

We listen to our patients to understand any existing concerns they may have about their health and work concerns with their injury. Our intention is to minimise lost time injuries and costs of claims by liaising with the company health and safety officer regarding injured employees with advice on suitable alternate duties or rehabilitation. This allows faster return to productive work for the employee, with the least degree of disability.

We give advice on an individually designed return to work after injury, advising the best tasks and the vital rehabilitation guidelines for an injured worker ensure a safe, speedy return to work via planned suitable duties, working closely with Occupational Therapist skilled in this area. We can also supply forms to cover these strategies or follow the forms that companies may have developed for themselves.

Occupational medical assessments can include site visits and advice on occupational health.

This expands our provision of quality occupational health with the aims of injury prevention and timely appropriate treatment and rehabilitation to ensure that the workforce receive the best care and are safely returned to the workplace as soon as possible under the suitable duty's scheme.