Plan, implement, review > Monitoring and reviewing action plans

It is important to periodically check that agreed actions are being undertaken, for example that meetings are being held, or that there is evidence that certain activities have taken place.

How this is done depends upon the solutions that were developed and implemented. It is important to ask those involved whether they feel the solutions are having the desired effect. Discussing the program with a sample of those involved is sensible.

Another way to demonstrate the plan's effectiveness is to review data on employee injuries, days lost from work, and to measure progress against emerging trends or changes in this data.

The program's targets should be periodically reviewed. Targets that are met can be celebrated and success shared. When targets are not met a review of the system to identify gaps should be completed.

The timing of reviews will depend on how long it will take to implement each intervention and how long the focus group expects it will take to have any impact.

For more details on how to track performance, see: Which statistics? Using data to analyse injury management performance