Photos from the Pan-European Launch
Browse photos from the pan-European report launch by viewing the slideshow below. If you have not yet downloaded the report itself then you can find it here.
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I attended a lunchtime Roundtable event yesterday organised by the European Policy Centre here in Brussels. The speaker was Dr Martin Terberger, Head of Unit for Pharmaceuticals at DG Enterprise and...
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Today I attended the first full meeting of the RMSD Interest Group in the European Parliament in Brussels. This group, initiated by EULAR, and chaired by Mrs Edite Estrela MEP (Portugal) was launched...
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Last week I attended two important events which focused on inflammatory conditions. The first was on Monday in London and was a conference organised by the National Audit Office (NAO) – an independent...
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This week I will be in Israel, having meetings and conducting interviews with national experts and public policy officials. Among those I’ll be meeting will be Prof. Tishler, Chair of the Israeli...
View ArticleBuilding alliances in Ireland – The Work Foundation and Arthritis Ireland go...
We continue to take the ‘Fit for Work’ messages to National Governments wherever we can. Already, since the launch of the Irish report, we have briefed two prominent Irish Government Ministers. We...
View ArticleGood Health? Yes Minister – whatever your portfolio
It may sound trite, but the old saying that ‘every minister should be a Health Minister’ has never been more true than today. It’s obvious, to me at least, that ministers overseeing planning and...
View ArticleFit for Work in Europe
The Fit for Work Coalition report, produced by The Work Foundation has found that Germany and UK have the worst sickness absence rates in Europe when it comes to muscular skeleton disorders (MSD). MSDs...
View ArticleThe Work Foundation @ Business in the Community (BITC)
My colleague Tatiana Quadrello just attended the launch of the Working Joints and Muscles Toolkit in London. She advised on the document, which provides practical guidance in promoting musculoskeletal...
View ArticleNew interactive tools demonsrate burden of MSDs across Europe
Since 2007, the Fit for Work initiative has looked at the impact of MSDs on individuals’ ability to work in 30 countries in Europe and beyond. Now that we have collected data from all over Europe, we...
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