Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to work with healthcare professionals, including chiropractors, to address workplace-related musculoskeletal issues.

Improving health and work outcomes for the 543,000 workers in Great Britain who reported a work-related musculoskeletal disorder in 2023/24 forms a key part of the Government's missions to build a National Health Service fit for the future and kickstart economic growth.

Healthcare professionals play a vital prevention and early intervention role in supporting people to self-manage their musculoskeletal condition and enabling them to get in and get on in work.

The Occupational Health Workforce Expansion Funding Scheme, launched July 2023, funded registered health professionals to undertake occupational health training and qualifications. To date, over 200 doctors and nurses have commenced training.

The 2025 Healthcare Professionals’ Consensus Statement for action on health and work, published 20 January 2025, commits to work over the next five years to support healthcare professionals, including allied health professionals, to engage more proactively with, and to promote good work as a health outcome across, the health and care sector. This will support patients, including those with musculoskeletal conditions, to return and remain in good work.