Mental Health and Employment...

Mental health and employment strategy 2009

Government calls for action on mental health and employment

A series of important reports into employment and mental health were also published on 7 December.
These include - Working Our Way to Better Mental Health: A Framework for Action, (Department of Work and Pensions), -  the first UK-wide national mental health and employment strategy to promote both well-being at work for all and better employment opportunities and in-work support for people with or at risk of mental health conditions.

Realising Ambitions: Better Employment Support for People with a Mental Health Condition is the report of an independent review led by Rachel Perkins. It sets out recommendations both for improving current welfare to work support systems for people with a mental health condition and for the provision of specialist services for those furthest from the workplace who have additional support needs.

In response, Work, Recovery and Inclusion is the cross-government delivery plan that sets out how people in contact with secondary mental health services in England can be better supported into work.