WorkWeLCC™ platform to improve access to OH services and improve worker health and work participation in SMEs

这一独特的解决方案结合了使用唯一的技术来客观评估工人应对工作需求的能力，以及为中小企业经理和个体户提供的可访问的数字转介平台，并将他们与职业健康服务提供商联系起来。使用的技术是白细胞复制能力(商标)(LCC(商标))测试，这是一种由训练有素的人员(通常是护士或卫生技术员)进行的微创指纹测试，并在10分钟内进行翻译。这种微创测试的好处是在了解工人的健康和应对工作需求的能力方面获得了宝贵的信息。我们将结果传输到以工人为中心的软件界面(WorkWeLCC(TM)平台)，以便工人了解他们满足工作需求的应对能力，并根据需要寻求职业健康(OH)转介和/或早期纠正措施的帮助。请注意，LCC测试能够识别心理和身体过度紧张，从而旨在防止生理健康不良(心理压力)和肌肉骨骼(MSK)过度紧张和相关疾病缺席。纠正措施可以通过改变员工的生活方式和习惯，例如通过遵循睡眠卫生建议或进行呼吸锻炼(此建议通过WorkWeLCC平台提供)，或在健康状况出现代偿失调时向OH提供者发起职业健康转介。职业安全咨询的结果是就合理的工作场所调整向中小企业经理提供建议，以帮助工人继续工作。以病人为中心的方法和方便的转介平台可能会改善中小企业和自雇人士对职业安全服务的接受，从而产生高质量的结果。该解决方案旨在提高特别是年长员工和患有慢性病的员工的工作参与度(尽量减少病假和退休)。中小企业职业介绍平台为中小企业经理提供有关职业健康服务价值的培训。我们与中小企业经理协商开发转介平台，以特别针对他们的需求，如本申请所述。该平台链接到职业医生等职业卫生专业人员，他们随后能够与工人进行远程电话评估，在向中小企业经理提供合理调整建议时遵守医疗保密参数。这条路线也对自雇人士开放。我们将从事海上能源行业，配备各种体力、白领、轮班工人和技术人员，以便能够推广成果。

The unique solution combines the use of the only technology to objectively assess the worker's ability to cope with job demands, with an accessible digital referral platform for SME managers and the self employed, and connects these with occupational health service providers. The technology used is the Leucocyte CopingCapacity(TM) (LCC(TM)) test, a minimally invasive fingerprick test administered by a trained person, usually a nurse or health technician, and interpreted within 10 minutes. The benefit of this minimally invasive test is the valuable information gained in understanding worker health and _capacity to cope_ with work demands.We stream results to a worker centred software interface (the WorkWeLCC(TM) platform), for the worker to have understanding of their coping ability to meet job demands and seek assistance for occupational health (OH) referral and/or take early corrective action, as needed. Note that the LCC test is able to identify psychological as well as physical overstrain and thereby aims to prevent physiological ill health (psychological stress) and musculoskeletal (MSK) overstrain and related sickness absences.Corrective action could be by changing worker lifestyle and habits, such as by following sleep hygiene advice or perform breathing exercises, (this advice is provided through the WorkWeLCC platform), or initiating an occupational health referral to an OH provider if there is decompensation in health. The outcome of OH advice is to advise the SME manager on reasonable workplace adjustments to assist the worker to remain in work.The likely result of a patient centred approach and accessible referral platform will be an improved uptake of OH service provision with SME's and the self employed, resulting in quality outcome. The solution aims to improve work participation (minimise sickness absence and retirement) of especially older worker and those with chronic health conditions.The SME OH referral platform provides training to SME managers on the value of OH services. We develop the referral platform in consultation with SME managers to specifically target their needs, as outlined in this application. The platform is linked to OH professionals, such as occupational physicians, who are then able to do remote telephone assessments with the workers, adhering to parameters of medical confidentiality when providing advice on reasonable adjustments to SME managers. The route is also accessible to the self-employed.We will engage in the offshore energy sector, with a variety of manual, white collar, shift workers and technicians, in order to be able to generalise results.