he Health Secretary has pledged to assist individuals struggling again issues in a bid to get them again into work.

Steve Barclay recommended that train movies to do at residence are amongst a spread of “digital therapeutics” that might profit people who find themselves classed as economically inactive.

According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the variety of individuals economically inactive due to long-term illness has risen to greater than 2.5 million, a rise of over 400,000 because the begin of the Covid pandemic.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) circumstances play a giant function, affecting joints, bones and muscle tissue and typically related tissues corresponding to nerves.

Our ground-breaking Major Conditions Strategy will assist enhance the standard of life for individuals dwelling with a number of of the six circumstances that lie behind a lot of the ailing well being in England.

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Mr Barclay stated: “More than one in five people who are economically inactive have a musculoskeletal condition.

“With the right care and support, many of them could rejoin the workforce.

“That would benefit both them and the economy, as well as helping to ease pressure on the NHS.

“Our ground-breaking Major Conditions Strategy will help improve the quality of life for people living with one or more of the six conditions that lie behind most of the ill health in England. Managing musculoskeletal problems is a big part of that strategy.

“Whether it’s through technological innovations that empower people to better manage symptoms around the clock without the need for a GP referral, locally-led employment partnerships, like Universal Support, supporting people to return to or remain in work or good quality occupational health provision, our strategy has the potential to drive real change.

“Many of those currently out of work due to a health condition would love to find rewarding and fulfilling employment.

“By providing individualised care and support, alongside employment initiatives being delivered in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions, we can help them to do that.”

Some components of the NHS provide train programmes through apps for individuals with drawback joints to do at residence.

Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust’s physiotherapy division has introduced in a web-based and cell software train prescription programme known as Physitrack.

Patients are seen within the fracture clinic and are given an train programme to do at residence, with their adherence recorded in addition to how effectively they suppose it labored.

Results counsel that round 93% of sufferers discovered the movies both “fairly useful” or “very useful”.

Other initiatives embrace establishing “MSK community hubs” in locations corresponding to native leisure centres, the place individuals can attend lessons and get therapy with out seeing a health care provider.

The Daily Telegraph additionally reported earlier this yr that job coaches are set to be stationed at GP surgical procedures as a part of plans to get unemployed over-50s again to work.