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<p>A range of Government initiatives support disabled people and people with health
conditions to start, stay, and succeed in work.</p><p> </p><p>These include:</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 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 disabled 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><p><strong> </strong></p><p>To
tackle rising economic inactivity due to long-term sickness, we announced a wide-reaching
package at the Spring Budget to support disabled people and people with health conditions
to work. New investment focuses on providing faster access to joined-up work and health
support, including for mental health and musculoskeletal conditions, the two leading
causes of economic inactivity due to long term sickness.</p>
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