What are the current and future trends in disabilities and health conditions that working-age people face that require targeted policy measures to improve employment, health and wellbeing outcomes?
Background
We want to better understand transitions and fluctuations in health and disability over people’s lives and how they affect people’s employment, wellbeing and the support they need. We want to improve our understanding of the challenges disabled people and those with health conditions face in finding and/or sustaining employment. We also want to learn more about what roles different partners should play in providing an integrated approach to improving health and work outcomes, including employers and health professionals. We would like to better understand how we can best identify and support those who are unable, temporarily or permanently, to work
Next steps
Send correspondence and further questions to evidence.strategyteam@dwp.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
Related UKRI funded projects
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MICA: Supporting Older People into Employment (SOPIE): Identifying factors influencing return to work in the over 50s.
This research will be undertaken by a unique partnership between Ingeus, a welfare-to-work provider, and an academic team led by the University of Glasgow and will study the Ingeus workless clients including those with h...
Funded by: MRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on studying the challenges disabled people and those with health conditions face in finding and/or sustaining employment, which directly addresses the question.
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Tackling health inequalities and extending working lives (THRIVE)
The policy issue: In Europe and Canada, policymakers are facing particular challenges related to rising life expectancy, a shift in the age profile of the population and the consequent increase in the prevalence of chron...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to conduct international research on the impacts of health inequalities on the opportunity to work later in life, which is directly related to the question.
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Disabled People Work and Small-Medium-Size Enterprises
The UK Government aims to get one million more disabled people into paid work by 2027. Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) dominate the UK business population and have been a more robust employer of the unemployed c...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project provides insights into the experiences of disabled people and SME employers, but does not directly address the question of trends in disabilities and health conditions.