From: Department for Work and Pensions
Published : 20 July 2023
Last updated : 1 August 2023
"Consultation description
Tackling economic inactivity due to long-term sickness is a top priority for the government. Increasing labour force participation supports the Prime Minister’s priorities of halving inflation and growing the economy. The Chancellor announced £2 billion at the Spring Budget 2023 to support disabled people and people with health conditions to work. This included a package of two consultations. This consultation, “Occupational Health: Working Better” is seeking views on proposals aimed at increasing employer use of Occupational Health (OH) Services. While the other, “Tax Incentives for Occupational Health”, is aimed at employers and exploring the role of tax incentives in boosting occupational health provision by employers...
We particularly welcome views from:
Employers
Healthcare Professionals
Non-Healthcare Professionals
Occupational Health Providers
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... ing-better
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