Programme 2: Determinants of musculoskeletal health in the mid-lifecourse

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The aim of this programme is to determine how mechanical and non-mechanical environments contribute to musculoskeletal health during midlife and, in turn, determine capacity to maintain working life and to achieve healthy ageing. Occupational aspects of the programme have been further supported by the externally-funded Versus Arthritis/MRC Centre of Excellence in Musculoskeletal Health and Work, which is now directed by Professor Karen Walker-Bone. Our programme has already contributed to policy, informing evidence to the Work and Pensions Select Committee about the disability employment gap, and the Green Paper “Work, health and disability: Improving Lives” (Nov 2017). Moreover, the Joint Health and Work Unit (DH and DWP) is taking an active interest in the Health and Employment After Fifty (HEAF) cohort study from the policy perspective.