Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda

Colin Lindsay; Matthew Dutton

doi:10.1332/030557312X655549

Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda

Colin Lindsay, Matthew Dutton

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Abstract

The coalition government has implemented welfare-to-work policies strengthening the UK’s Work First model of activating claimants of disability or incapacity benefits (IBs). These reforms abolished the Condition Management Programme (CMP) established under the preceding government’s Pathways to Work (PtW) initiative to assist people on IBs to cope with health problems. We argue that IB claimants face complex health limitations, and a renewal of CMP provision will be necessary if they are to be assisted towards improved health and employability. Accordingly, we review the impacts of the PtW CMPs operating between 2003 and 2011, in order to identify good practice and lessons for future policy.

Language	English
Pages	183-200
Number of pages	18
Journal	Policy and Politics
Volume	41
Issue number	2
Early online date	28 Feb 2013
DOIs	10.1332/030557312X655549
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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Lindsay, C., & Dutton, M. (2013). Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda . Policy and Politics, 41(2), 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655549

Lindsay, Colin ; Dutton, Matthew. / Promoting healthy pathways to employability : lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda . In: Policy and Politics. 2013 ; Vol. 41, No. 2. pp. 183-200.

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Lindsay, C & Dutton, M 2013, 'Promoting healthy pathways to employability: lessons for the UK's welfare-to-work agenda ' Policy and Politics, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 183-200. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655549

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