Another consultation ~ work, health and disability: improving lives

"The UK employment rate is the highest since records began, but there are fewer than 5 in 10 disabled people in employment, compared with 8 in 10 non-disabled people, and this has been the case for several years." So states the government's "Work, health and disability" consultation page, inviting people to help the government to "understand why disabled people and people with health conditions might be unable to get a job or keep one, and to recognise the wide range of conditions and circumstances they face".

The government has prepared a green paper called "Work, health and disability: improving lives", which is also available in a plain English version, and the consultation is based on this paper. The questions can also be downloaded as four "easy read" booklets. All of these can be downloaded from https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/work-health-and-disability-improving-lives.

Responses are invited from people with health conditions, disabled people, employers, professionals working in related areas, families, friends, carers, and others, by the deadline of 17th February 2017.

Sources:

https://consultations.dh.gov.uk/workandhealth/consult/ [accessed 18 December 2016]

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/work-health-and-disability-improving-lives [accessed 18 December 2016]