• Latest updates across the 8 workers compensation schemes in Australia
• Painting the picture of COVID’s impact on workers’ compensation claims and premiums

• COVID-19 response – claims experience and regulatory challenges
• Mental health reform and Comcare’s priorities
• Improving work participation – the role of GPs and opportunities for scheme design

No one plans an injury. And the injured worker didn’t wake up thinking they’d need a new job because of it. Through a powerful story about an injured worker’s remarkable transition into new, meaningful employment, Matt reminds us of this industry’s raison d’etre – to help injured people.

• HeadGear is a free, easy-to-use app that is scientifically proven to build good mental health, manage stress and build resilience and wellbeing
• Key findings from research on HeadGear
• What are the gaps: turning short-term interventions into lasting behavioural and cultural change
• How can workplaces implement HeadGear to ensure its effective use?

• People at Work is a collaboration between the health and safety regulators of Australia. A multi-jurisdictional tool, it is Australia’s only validated psychosocial risk assessment survey. This hands-on session will practically demonstrate how to implement the tool in your workplace and run through the simple 5-stage process.
• People at Work and how it fits in SafeWork Australia’s psychosocial risk management approach
• Get started on using the new digital platform
• Understand how to use it for most effective results in your workplace

• Assisting recovery after traumatic injury and identifying early predictors of delayed recovery
• Approaches and solutions to help injured people understand and manage chronic pain

• Exercise Physiologists and WorkCover: where do they fit in?
• Early intervention treatment methods and latest research to reduce costs
• Case Conferencing and Treatment Plans to achieve the best outcome

• Providing individuals with the tools and skills to promote wellbeing in the home and community
• Increasing independence and overall wellbeing for injured workers

Lakeview Private Hospital’s workers compensation claims numbers are far below the industry average. With a focus on ‘back to basics’ safety, Lakeview has developed a culture that is proactive about worker safety, within and beyond the workplace. This approach includes:

• The WHS Strategic Focus Group: worker representation and close collaboration with senior managers
• Examples of what planning, implementation and evaluation of WHS initiatives looks like
• Monthly WHS initiatives – what has worked well, and what hasn’t
• Understanding and managing for non-work-related injuries and illnesses

• Participating in the P2 Program
• Developing a holistic approach to safety

Enjoy dinner with peers along the sparkling Darling Harbour foreshore. Dinner is included in your attendance to the Summit.