mental health
Employee Benefits
The Access to Work (AtW) programme is helping only a minority of the disabled people it could benefit the Work and Pensions Select Committee has warned.
19 December 2014
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Income Protection
Back-to-work schemes run by the Work Programme and Jobcentre plus are ineffective for those with mental health problems and an alternative is needed, the charity Mind has said.
11 December 2014
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PMI
More patients are reporting a good overall A&E experience with the NHS, however many improvements remain to be made, a patient survey by the Care Quality Commission has found.
03 December 2014
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Income Protection
The government has announced pilot schemes to get more disabled people and people with long term medical conditions into employment.
28 November 2014
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Employee Benefits
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg plans to ramp up efforts to tackle mental health discrimination and improve services by setting up and chairing a cross-government taskforce.
24 November 2014
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PMI
The potential cost of employee mental health problems to businesses has been highlighted in two separate pieces of research from two insurers.
28 October 2014
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Long Term Care
A review of dementia care by the Care Quality Commission has found patients moving between care homes and hospitals are likely to experience poor care.
13 October 2014
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Employee Benefits
Legal & General (L&G) has welcomed the Liberal Democrat's pledge to reduce waiting times for mental health patients.
09 October 2014
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Employee Benefits
Patients with mental health problems in England are to be given greater priority for treatment when waiting time targets are introduced in April.
08 October 2014
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Employee Benefits
UK employees are continuing to hide mental health conditions from their employers in fear that it will damage their career prospects, findings from Friends Life reveal.
07 October 2014
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