EEDA - Work-limiting illness

Work-limiting illness

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Work-limiting illness

Long-term health problems are a major reason why some people are unable to participate in the economy. In the East of England, only 57% of people with some form of disability are in employment, compared to 81% of those who are not disabled.

During 2008, EEDA ran a learning network to capture the experiences of partners across the region who are working to help people with a long-term illness or disability into employment. The process higlighted examples of good practice and raised a number of issues and challenges to be addressed.

The network was launched in 2008 at an event where partners identified three priority issues: client engagement, employer engagement, and joined up working and commissioning. See below to download the presentations.

The final report, with a summary and action paper and case studies of good practice are now available to download below.