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How about this paragraph from the introduction from Vaananen et al. (2003): The psychosocial literature on absenteeism involves a commonly accepted view that sickness absences are closely related to stressful characteristics of work (e.g. Schechter, Green, Olsen, Kruse, & Cargo, 1997). Some researchers have even estimated that about 60–70% of all sickness absences are associated with stress-related illness (e.g. Kearns, 1986). According to other estimates, an average employee is on sick leave for about 18 months during his/her life solely because of stress-related illnesses (Long, 1991). Furthermore, it has been purported that the work environment can be a better predictor of absenteeism than demographic factors or the psychological characteristics of a person (Farrell & Stamm, 1988). Several studies have concluded that stressful work increases the risk of diseases, e.g., of cardiovascular diseases (Belcastro, Gold, & Grand, 1982; Karasek & Theorell, 1990). So, when they measure your costs, do they measure the return? Perhaps a better way round would be to push for funding for a major initiative on mental health wellbeing that could feed back into lower absenteeism rates? All the best, Richard. -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Liz Sent: 08 March 2012 20:29 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [OCC-HEALTH] PDR TIME OF YEAR AGAIN It is said that for every 80p spent on health promotion, £4 worth of productivity benefits are achieved. Why don't you research it? On 8 Mar 2012, at 16:57, Belinda Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi everyone > It's that time of year when I'm asked to think of new and innovative PDR objectives. > I'm sick of reinventing the wheel and have got a mental block with regard to what I would like to achieve this year. > We've been asked to look into O.H cost cutting/money saving objectives, which I seem to have done for the past however many years. > Does anyone have any great ideas they would like to share as I've come to a stalemate. > I've previously covered cost of DNA's & ways to reduce Grouping > appointments Cutting travel costs- incorporating telephone reviews > early referrals > > all the usual stuff > Please can you give me some ideas which will spur me on and motivate me. > thanks to all > > Belinda Fox > SCPHN/OH > > ******************************** > Please remove this footer before replying. > > OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html > > CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH ******************************** Please remove this footer before replying. OCC-HEALTH ARCHIVES: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/occ-health.html CONFERENCES AND STUDY DAYS: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=OCC-HEALTH