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Government to scrap employment programme for disabled people

Workplace Insight

The Work and Health Programme (WHP), launched in 2017, will cease operation this autumn. Sunak’s plan also includes transferring the authority to issue sick notes from medical professionals to non-medical “work and health advisors,” raising concerns about decisions being based on quotas rather than medical needs.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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She is a 2023 CNN Hero, a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow and a 2019 JustLeadershipUSA Leading with Conviction Fellow Alumna. Dr. Rajinder Atwal Medical Director, CEO, Founder, Family Physician, M.D., She is the founder, CEO and medical director of Bathurst Walk-in Clinic and Family Practice, which serves marginalized communities.

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The Power of Strong Friendships in Strengthening Well-Being

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Finding your friends That began to change in 2017. I asked him: Does going to F3 workouts help in a measurable, definable, medical way? This article originally appeared in the March/April 2023 issue of SUCCESS magazine. Always a fitness buff, he joined a men’s fitness group called F3. “It His voice cracked.

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The sector responds to the Spring Budget

Workplace Insight

The Autumn Budget in November 2023 teased us with the “Back to Work” plan to support sick or disabled adults back into work along with a launch of the occupational health consultation. But today’s budget hasn’t built on this and that’s a missed opportunity.

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