2010 Annual Evidence Update on End of Life Care

2010 Annual Evidence Update on End of Life Care  November 2010, NHS Evidence click on the title above to access the latest evidence Abstract: This year’s Annual Evidence Update (AEU) from the commissioning and innovation and improvement specialist collections is on end of life care. It aims to bring together up-to-date knowledge and evidence about [...]

Websites – Vocational Rehabilitation – Work & Employment

Websites – Vocational Rehabilitation – Work & Employment Click on the links below to access the websites COT Specialist Section – Work Centre for Mental Health Working for Health

Occupational Therapy in Vocational Rehabilitation: a brief guide to current practice in the UK

Occupational Therapy in vocational rehabilitation: a brief guide to current practice in the UK , 2009, College of Occupational Therapy Click on the title to access the full-text of this document Abstract: Occupation is core to the practice of occupational therapy. Occupational therapists are experts who work with both employers and employees to help people who [...]

Vocational Rehabilitation what works, for whom, and when?

Vocational Rehabilitation what works, for whom, and when?  2008, Waddell & Burton Health Work & Wellbeing Resources Click  on the title to access the report and click on the link to resources Abstract: The aim of this review was to provide an evidence base for policy development on vocational rehabilitation:   To assess the evidence [...]

Is work good for your health & wellbeing – Waddell

Is work good for your health & wellbeing , 2008, Waddell & Burton Health Work & Wellbeing Resources Click on the title to access the report and click on the links to other resources Abstract: The answer to the question is ‘Yes’ provided you have a good job which in many ways is a no-brainer. It [...]

Removing barriers: the facts about mental health and employment

Removing barriers: the facts about mental health and employment ,   2009, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Click on the title to access the full-text of this briefing Abstract: Many people with mental health problems find it difficult to remain in employment. This paper looks at the barriers to employment and at positive initiatives that are in [...]

Mental Health & Employment

Mental Health & Employment  April 2010, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Click on the title to access the full-text Abstract: This paper aims to make sense of what the new policy set out in New Horizons, Working our way to better mental health, Realising ambitions and Work, Recovery and Inclusion means in practice and pick [...]

Realising ambitions: Better employment support for people with a mental health condition

Realising ambitions: Better employment support for people with a mental health condition , December , 2009, Department of Work & Pensions Click on the title above to access the full-report Abstract: On 7 December 2009 Rachel Perkins, Paul Farmer and Paul Litchfield delivered their independent report on mental health and employment “Realising ambitions: Better employment support [...]

Managing Rehabilitation: A competency framework for managers to support return to work

Managing Rehabilitation: A competency framework for managers to support return to work , 2010, British Occupational Health Research Foundation Click on the title to access the full-text of this report Abstract: To the best of our understanding this is the first longitudinal research designed to identify behaviours, and to develop and validate line manager competencies required [...]

An evaluation of mental health service user involvement in the re-commissioning of day and vocational services

An evaluation of mental health service user involvement in the re-commissioning of day and vocational services , Centre for Mental Health, February 2010 Click on the title to access the full-text of this report Abstract: This is a Centre for Mental Health evaluation report on the process of involving people who use services in the re-commissioning [...]

Working it out: employment for people with a mental health condition

Working it out: employment for people with a mental health condition  , NHS Confederation, March 2010 Click on the title to access the full-text of this briefing Abstract: The link between employment and positive mental health is an issue of great importance for the NHS, both in terms of supporting service users to recover from mental [...]