Police officers drive up psychological injury claims payments Friday, 26 April 2024
An increase in the volume of taxpayer-funded psychological claims is behind an estimated 50 to 66 per cent decline in return to work rates in recent years, according to a recent NSW report into workers’ compensation claims and state insurer icare. Medical discharges of police officers who have been assessed as unable to return to the workforce have been the main source of increased psychological injury claims payments, the NSW Auditor-General’s performance audit report into workers’ compensation claims management found.
