Back-to-work drive aims to rehabilitate those who are simply sick of the office

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched an initiative to help people who become ill ...

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched an initiative to help people who become ill stay in work, preventing them having to leave employment early. The initiative, Building cap-acity for work: A UK framework for vocational rehabilitation, was recently launched by Minister for Work Jane Kennedy at the National Employment and Health Innovations Network. Kennedy outlined the proposals, which will see measures including the setting up of a research working group and the development of new guidance, in recognition of the fact that many stakeholders are already committed to voc...