Fit for Work Programme
(asked on 14th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made on the implementation of the Fit for Work scheme; and whether the pilot schemes have been successful.
This question was answered on 21st July 2015
From 9 March 2015, roll-out of the assessment service commenced. By the end of Summer 2015 all GPs in England and Wales will be able to refer to the service.
Fit for Work Scotland assessment service went live on 30 January 2015. Roll-out to all remaining NHS Boards in Scotland was completed on 29 June 2015.
Evaluation of the pilots was published in June 2015 in the report, ‘Evaluation of the 2010–13 Fit for Work Service pilots’.