- Conference
- 2006 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 23 December 2005
- Decision
- Carried
This Conference recognises the advances made in Health & Safety with regards to manual handling and the advent of ‘non-handling trusts.’
However for many of our members the damage has already been done. It is far too common for health staff to suffer spinal and other muscular/skeletal disorders resulting in disability in later life and for these conditions not to be recognised as work related. It is noticeable that ill health retirement with a pension is less common.
Conference therefore calls on the Service Group Executive to campaign vigorously to have this debilitating condition recognised as a work-related problem and therefore subject to temporary and permanent injury allowance and eligible for ill health retirement with a pension.