Writing Fit

This week I was in Bucharest to launch the Romanian ‘Fit for Work’ report. The setting for the launch was the incredible Parliamentary Palace, second only to the Pentagon in size. It dominates the south-western part of the city and many houses, churches and a football stadium were demolished to make way for it and surrounding government buildings.
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Fit for Work Europe: Best Practice Sharing at EU Presidency Conference
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The Burden of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases

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This week, the Fit for Work Europe Coalition is hosting an EU Presidency Conference together with The Hungarian Association of Rheumatologists (MRE), The Ministry of National Resources (Government of Hungary) and The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR). The Conference will centre on the impact of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs) at EU and national level, as well as ensuring the EU’s Disability Strategy gives due focus to RMDs in the workplace across the EU.

You can download the agenda below for the programme: “Burden of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: Challenges in Work Capacity and Prevention of Disability in the EU”.

For further details, please contact the Fit for Work Europe Secretariat.

The Burden of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases

Maarten de Wit, Member of the Fit for Work Europe Coalition Steering Group, presented at the European Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science and Industry workshop on Chronic Conditions on 10 December 2010. See his presentation below:

Fit for Work Europe at the EPPOSI (European Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science and Industry) Wor…

Yesterday I took great pleasure in launching the findings of the Fit for Work Greece research in sunny Athens. I was honoured to be a keynote speaker at the 1st Pan-Hellenic Congress on Occupational Health & Safety, presenting to an audience of 1,200 people. The event was also attended by Deputy Minister for Labour Mr Giorgos Koutroumanis, whom I had the pleasure to welcome to the ‘Fit for Work’ stand at the Congress.

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The Coalition calls for the European Union to prioritise MSDs  — read the letters here.                                                                                                                                  |

Open letter from the Fit for Work Coalition

Open letter from the Fit for Work Coalition

View and download presentations as the Fit for Work Coalition attends the EULAR and Belgian Presidency Conferences.

Fit for Work Coalition at the Belgian Presidency Conference

Fit for Work? The Impact of MSDs on Patients

Watch videos and review selected presentations from the best practice sharing sessions at the Fit for Work Europe Summit                                            2010, held recently in Brussels.

Fit for Work Europe: Country Good Practice Catalunya

Fit for Work Europe: Country good practice Israel

Fit for Work Europe: Country good practice Ireland

You can now view and download key presentations from the recent Fit for Work Europe Summit.                                                                                                                                                    Launch of the Fit for Work Europe Coalition Fit for Work Europe: Keeping Good People at Work Fit for Work Europe: What can early intervention in MSDs deliver for patients and health systems? Fit for Work Europe: A Patient’s View Fit for Work Europe: Turning MSDs into manageable conditions Fit for Work Europe: Turning Musculoskeletal Conditions into manageable conditions Fit for Work Europe: Country good practice Israel Fit for Work Europe: Country Good Practice Catalunya Fit for Work Europe: Country good practice Ireland