Who helped

Injured workers were asked to rate six different people who may have helped or hindered (a lot or a little) getting them back to work including health professionals, those in the workplace and compensation providers. The proportion who identified each person is shown in the graph.

Work rehab coordinator - Just under 60% injured employees identified the work rehab coordinator as helpful in their return to work.  This has reduced slightly, and in line with the national average.

Rehabilitation provider - Close to 80% identified a Rehabilitation provider as helping their return to work, above the national average and much the same over the last three years.

Main supervisor - 1/2 employees advised their main supervisor was helpful in return to work.

Employer - Results were much the same as the main supervisor.

Doctor - Doctors were generally rated as helpful, although trending down.

Insurer - Less than 40% of Victorian injured employees indicated the insurer was helpful to their return to work, lower than the national average and with no significant change over the last three years.

Question:   Now I am going to read a list of different people. For each person I would like you to tell me if they helped you get back to work, made it harder to go back to work or had no effect on you getting back to work.