Workplace accident sufferers 'forced back to work'

Date: 3rd June 2008

Suffers of workplace accidents are being forced back to work by personal circumstances, a survey has found.

According to the results of a study by the National Accident Helpline, 55 per cent of respondents confirmed that they would be willing to return to their place of work earlier than expected as a consequence of financial pressures.

Respondents confirmed they would be willing to do this in spite of the possible consequences to their health, reports Personnel Today.

"It is worrying that people are potentially putting their health at risk because they are bearing the brunt of financial pressures for which they aren't responsible," said John Campbell, legal director of the National Accident Helpline, an organisation with a history going back to 1993.

The survey also found that out of every three respondents, two confirmed that personal finances had been subjected to increased levels of pressure following the accident.