Job advisers to be placed in GP surgeries

MW123
MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,569 Championing
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Connect to Work to place job advisers in GP practices. See link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/job-advisers-to-be-embedded-in-gp-surgeries-as-tens-of-thousands-more-sick-and-disabled-people-offered-help-into-work

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  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,864 Championing
    edited October 9

    £162 million (scheme costs) divided between the 40,000 patients that they plan to help - is £4175 per person - I would rather have the cash !

    They are welcome to sit in with me whilst I tell my GP of my health issues - Or even take an active part in my Colonoscopy

    NOT !

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,539 Championing

    Pretty empty those health centres, if mine is anything to go by. Face to face appointments are as rare as hen's teeth.

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,864 Championing
    edited October 9
  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,884 Championing

    This is the beginning where will it end the one person I trust my doctor then will be putting thier big foot in even before you entered the room I always do econsults or phone calls to gp oh deary me more to follow im sure

  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,569 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1073818#Comment_1073818

    Catherine, your GP is still bound by strict confidentiality rules. They cannot share your personal information with a job coach or anyone else without your clear consent. If you say no, that is the end of the matter.

    You may receive a message after an e Consult or phone consultation asking whether you would like to be referred to a work coach. If it is not right for you, a simple “No thank you” is enough. You are under no obligation to explain.

    Personally, I believe this scheme is a poor use of public funds. It does not tackle the real barriers people face and risks undermining the trust patients place in their GP as a safe, clinical space.

  • Kimi87
    Kimi87 Online Community Member Posts: 7,245 Championing

    As I said in another thread, I'm not unemployed I'm unable to work.

    The aim of these schemes is to get the long term sick off benefits entirely, even if the absolutely perfect job with a very understanding employer was found for me, I still could never manage anywhere near enough hours to support myself without a benefits top up.

  • Catherine21
    Catherine21 Posts: 7,884 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1073841#Comment_1073841

    Oh OK Thankyou

  • Wibbles
    Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,864 Championing

    What will the government try next ?

    Special lower minimum pay rates for disabled workers ?

  • durhamjaide2001
    durhamjaide2001 Scope Member Posts: 15,150 Championing

    actually this isn't a bad idea I might suggest this when I'm in work on Monday

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,539 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1074121#Comment_1074121

    Phil Davies, when a tory MP, he proposed such a thing in 2011. It didn't go down well!

  • Chris75_
    Chris75_ Online Community Member Posts: 3,539 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1074186#Comment_1074186

    You want to work for less than an able bodied college? You jest, DJ?

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