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<p>The 15 WorkWell pilot areas, which were announced on 7 May, will receive funding
to locally design and lead their integrated work and health support services to meet
the needs of their local populations. Pilot areas will be engaging end users, including
disabled people, in the design and delivery of these services.</p><p> </p><p>The lessons
we learn from WorkWell will be critical to our longer-term work and will bolster the
evidence base around what works to support disabled people to start, stay and succeed
in work.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective WorkWell pilot areas submitted applications which
were scored against four criteria published in the WorkWell Prospectus on gov.uk (<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/workwell</a>):</p><p>-
Their understanding of the geography and demography of their chosen footprint;</p><p>-
Their approach to work and health strategy integration;</p><p>- Their proposed delivery
model for their WorkWell service;</p><p>- Their experience of and approach to, governance
and working effectively with delivery partners across local systems.</p><p> </p><p>In
addition, a decision was taken to ensure that at least one site was selected in each
of the 7 NHS England regions, and at least two of the 15 areas would be classified
as predominantly rural.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned an independent
consortium of evaluators to carry out a national evaluation of WorkWell that will
look to measure the effectiveness of the pilot, using surveys, interviews and econometric
measures of success.</p>
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