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Is healthcare in workers’ compensation a contradiction in terms? — Setting the scene

Lauren Finestone

Despite being designed to support recovery, low-value healthcare, overtreatment and perverse incentives in our work injury schemes are harming patients instead of helping them.

Is healthcare in workers' compensation a contradiction in terms?  Our work industry schemes are designed to help injured workers recover and return to work. But the evidence tells us that something is very wrong. Healthcare designed to help workers often makes them worse. Treatment often ignores evidence. Care often provides no value. And systems meant to 'do no harm' are causing harm. We know that health outcomes are worse for people who ...

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Published 30 July, 2025 | Updated 12 August, 2025