Disability charity says Labour plan must not become punitive or exacerbate ‘culture of mistrust and fear’
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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.
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