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New Health and Work Service to get long-term sick back to work
People off sick for more than four weeks are to be offered advice to get them back to work more quickly under a scheme being set up by the government.
The Health and Work Service, which will cover England, Wales and Scotland, will offer non-compulsory medical assessments, starting in April.
It will be run by the private sector and paid for by scrapping compensation to employers for statutory sick pay.
Ministers say employers will save money overall by having fewer staff off sick.
They said it may save companies up to £70m a year in reduced sickness pay and related costs.
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Woman denied sickness benefit despite life-threatening condition
Last updated at 14:02, Friday, 07 February 2014
A Workington woman with a life-threatening heart condition is being denied sickness benefits because of Government assessment changes.
The case of Jeanette Johnston, 29, has been taken up by Workington MP Sir Tony Cunningham.
He has pledged to write to the Government to get her benefits reinstated.
Miss Johnston will ultimately need a heart and lung transplant and has already had a kidney removed.
Despite her health problems, she has received no disability benefits since August of last year.
Carers on benefits have now become financially vulnerable too
THE ageing population is causing some of the biggest social problems we have had to confront in decades.
