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Disability charity says Labour plan must not become punitive or exacerbate ‘culture of mistrust and fear’UK politics live – latest updatesEmployment advisers are to be stationed in NHS hospitals under Labour plans to push people on long-term sickness leave back into work, as one disability charity said 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 used at the Maudsley psychiatric hospital, in south London, which deploys employment support, such as job seeking, CV writing and interview training. Continue reading…
Disability charity says Labour plan must not become punitive or exacerbate ‘culture of mistrust and fear’
UK politics live – latest updates
Employment advisers are to be stationed in NHS hospitals under Labour plans to push people on long-term sickness leave back into work, as one disability charity said 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 used at the Maudsley psychiatric hospital, in south London, which deploys employment support, such as job seeking, CV writing and interview training.
