Disability charity says Labour plan must not become punitive measure exacerbating ‘culture of mistrust and fear’UK politics live – latest updatesEmployment advisers are to be stationed in NHS hospitals under plans from Labour to push people on long-term sickness leave back into work,as one disability charity warned the proposal must not become a “punitive” measure.Wes Streeting, the health secretary, and Liz Kendall, the work and pensions secretary, are understood to want to expand a model in use at the Maudsley psychiatric hospital in south London, which deploys employment support such as job-seeking, CV writing and interview training. Continue reading…
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Author : Jem Bartholomew
Publish date : 2024-10-03 10:57:13
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Job advisers may be posted in NHS hospitals to get long-term sick back to work
