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<p>No assessment has been made. However, the Government has funded an extension of
the Midlands’ Mental Health and Productivity Pilot, which is trialling interventions,
including one with a focus on insomnia, to support and improve employee mental health
and wellbeing, to support employees to remain in work. The final evaluation will be
available by Spring 2024.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a range of Government initiatives
are supporting disabled people, and people with health conditions, including insomnia,
to start, stay, and succeed in, work. These include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Increasing
Work Coach support in Jobcentres for people with health conditions receiving Universal
Credit or Employment and Support Allowance;</li><li>Disability Employment Advisers
in Jobcentres offering advice and expertise on how to help disabled people and people
with health conditions into work;</li><li>The Work and Health Programme and Intensive
Personalised Employment Support, providing tailored and personalised support for participants;</li><li>Access
to Work grants towards the extra costs of working beyond standard reasonable adjustments;</li><li>Disability
Confident, encouraging employers to think differently about disability and health,
and to take positive action to address the issues employees face in the workplace;</li><li>The
Information and Advice Service, providing better integrated and tailored guidance
on supporting and managing health and disability in the workplace; and</li><li>Support
in partnership between the DWP and the health system, including Employment Advice
in NHS Talking Therapies, which combines psychological treatment and employment support
for people with mental health conditions.</li></ul>
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