PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Louise Hussey
AU  - Susan Turner
AU  - Kevan Thorley
AU  - Roseanne McNamee
AU  - Raymond Agius
TI  - Work-related ill health in general practice, as reported to a UK-wide surveillance scheme
AID  - 10.3399/bjgp08X330753
DP  - 2008 Sep 01
TA  - British Journal of General Practice
PG  - 637--640
VI  - 58
IP  - 554
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/58/554/637.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/58/554/637.full
SO  - Br J Gen Pract2008 Sep 01; 58
AB  - GPs with training in occupational medicine report cases of work-related ill health and sickness absence to The Health and Occupation Reporting network in General Practice (THOR-GP) using an online webform. This report describes the data reported in 2006 and 2007. GPs mainly reported musculoskeletal disorders and mental ill-health. A much larger proportion of the mental ill-health cases were sickness-absence certified, making up 55.9% of the total days certified. Musculoskeletal disorders are the most frequently reported diagnoses of work-related ill health, but mental ill-health is responsible for most work-related sickness absence.