Chairman’s Report to the AGM on 29 May 2025
Pathways to work, reforming benefits and support to get Britain working Green Paper (1.4.25)
| The Government are looking for responses to the Green Paper published on 18 March 2025 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/pathways-to-work-reforming-benefits-and-support-to-get-britain-working-green-paper Individual member organisations of the Council will wish to contribute their own response, but having spoken with the Chief Medical Adviser at DWP, Dr Gail Allsopp recently, a consensus response from the Council for Work and Health will be much valued. The Council will collate contributions from Members who submit a consensus response. It is important that the Council, as an umbrella organisation, has a presence in the consultation. The consultation closes at midnight on 30th June, so that a DRAFT response can be considered by Board and then Council in May as agenda items at these meetings, and then be sent to Government following the Council meeting on 29th May. |
RoSPA – Call for a National Accident Prevention Strategy (1.3.25)
RoSPA call for a National Accident Prevention Strategy – for further details see:
RoSPA – National Accident Prevention Strategy Report v1
NSOH Webpage 1.3.25
The NSOH have purchased a webpage within Nurses.co.uk, a career and recruitment organisation and is advertising OH as a career.
iOH article: AI in Occupational Health
SOM Winter Magazine 2025 (1.3.25)
The SOM Winter magazine is published here.
Funding opportunities (1.3.25)
Here are two funding opportunities that Council members may be interested in:
UKR Creating opportunities – rethinking economic inactivity
NIHR Work and Health Research Awards
Keep Britain Working Review (Launched 24 January 2025) 1.3.25
A new “Keep Britain Working” review has been launched [Friday 24 January] to explore how to urgently support people with long-term illnesses or disabilities back into work, and to stay in work
The launch of an independent review led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, which will publish recommendations to the government, is due to be published in the late summer or early autumn.
The Council would like to encourage our members to access the Discovery document once it is published and contribute where able.
This will be an important piece of work to support individuals better in the work and health space.
To see the announcement of this review, please click here.
CWH AGM – Thursday 29 May 2025
A report will be published following the AGM.
Keep Britain Working: Terms of Reference – GOV.UK
Keep Britain Working: Terms of Reference – GOV.UKThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Secretary of State for Business and Trade have commissioned an independent review into the role of UK employers and government in tackling health related inactivity and creating and maintaining healthy and inclusive workplaces. The review will have a particular focus on working together to understand what employers and government can do to increase the recruitment, retention and return to work of disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, to ensure they have the skills to thrive in work and discover how that is best unlocked and supported. The Terms of Reference for the Keep Britain Working Employer Review were published on 23rd January 2025. Click the link below for more information. If you have questions or contributions you would like to make to this piece of work, please do contact the secretariat at keepbritainworking.review@dwp.gov.uk. |