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This madness:
Wes Streeting is going to set the NHS in England targets for getting people back to work - this is going to distort behaviour in the health service, and of course requires the NHS to work to a data point (employment) over which they have absolutely no influence.
It might look good in terms of spreadsheet policy making but will be at best a diversion and at worse a major problem for both patients & health service staff.
Misguided & wrong-headed!
@ChrisMayLA6 A "getting people back to work" NHS policy could be quite a good idea, assuming that it will include things like:
(1) Reduce waiting times for mental health services from years to days.
(2) Treat conditions earlier, when they make working difficult, rather than waiting until they make daily life impossible.
@TimWardCam @ChrisMayLA6 my guess that it could mean prioritising the actually or potentially employable on the waiting lists for treatment over those who are severely disabled or simply retired.
Either that or he is actually going to commit to training and employing more staff and providing more resources to the NHS, so that everyone can get treated quicker but can you really imagine Streeting doing that?
